Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets

RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets Post By linda (Guest Post) (08/15/2008) I had a can of garlic spray explode in one of my kitchen cabinets. The cabinets are brand new and now smell like garlic. We were on vacation when this happened and it sat for a week. Anyone know what to use to get rid of the smell? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets floor Post By Debbie (Guest Post) (07/19/2008) I had a break in the kitchen pipes under the sink. That got fixed but now my husband tells me that he didn't clean up the wooden floor. He only used lots of towels to wipe it out and dry. So the smelly water just dried into the wood. It still smells but not nearly as bad. Does it need to be replaced (the cabinets are all one unit) or can I use something to soak into the wood and help get the smell out? I'm hoping this doesn't cause a health problem. This all happened a week ago. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets Post By Vicki (Guest Post) (06/04/2008) I have the same problem. We cleaned out the cabinet, full of plastic ware and nothing there. It smells like dead fish. I finally realized that my older dog has had several "accidents" right there beside the cabinet. I had cleaned it up, of course, and thought it was done. I have now decided that the urine must have been able to somehow flow beneath the cabinet and after several days had passed, the smell arrives. I'm planning to use some odor remover designed for urine, blood, etc and pour it in the area where my dog urinated and hopefully, the odor remover will reach the same area and take away the nasty smell. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets Post By Debbie (Guest Post) (10/05/2007) I have the same problem. I opened my cabinets and found mildew forming on the inside of the cabinet doors and in the back corners of the cabinets. I am going to by Kilz and do a good cleaning and paint job. This is cheaper than buying new kitchen cabinets. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets Post By (Guest Post) (08/26/2006) Is it possible that you have a rotten potato or onion, or a dead mouse in the back of the cabinet? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets Post by sandy63 (436) | (08/26/2006) Profile | Blog! | Contact could it be a dead animal?? vinegar is a miracle worker for sure. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets Post By Cheryl from Missouri (Guest Post) (08/26/2006) If the sink has ever leaked, the smell might be mildew and mold. If you've ever had mice, one might have died back there. I would pull everything out, grab a flashlight and do some serious detective work. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets Post By Glinda (Guest Post) (08/26/2006) I had a smell coming from only 2 of my kitchen cabinets, and not the others on the lower half of the cabinets. Come to find out, after pulling the floor up, which needed repair, there was a water leak, and water had seeped in slowly, and made the smell. Repairing the cabinet floor and repairing where the water leaked under it, took care of all the problem, hope this helps. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smell Coming From Kitchen Cabinets Post by Cyinda (666) | (08/26/2006) Profile | Contact You may have something behind your wall, so the smell might keep coming back. But the following recipe will really help! To get rid of the odor take a few shallow bowls of white vinegar. Put the bowls in your cupboards with the doors shut overnight. This will take the smell away. To keep smell away. Take an old nylon or an old T-shirt cut into squares. Fill with equal parts Borax and Baking Soda. Tie string around. Hang these up with thumb tacks or hooks in a several places in your cupboards. This will help absorb odors. You need to change these about every month or so (when the smell comes back, just repeat the vinegar & borax/baking soda tricks) You can also put a few cottonballs with a drop or 2 of Oil of Wintergreen on them in your cupboard if you are not storing open boxed foods in the cupboard (the smell can get into the boxes and affect the taste of foods) If your cupboard is used for dishes or canned goods etc. then the oil of wintergreen smells great and is natural. to help absorb moisture as well as odor open a box of white chalkboard chalk and place in cupboard. (These hints for removing odor also work great for the trunk of your car or in old dresser drawers!) for odors on your hands after cutting onion or garlic, or for use on a smelly cutting board, or inside plastic storage containers. Use about a half a teaspoon of dried mustard. Rub on wet hands & wash off. For plastic food containers: Put a bit into water, leave a while or overnight. For cutting board smells, sprinkle on sponge and wipe on cutting board, leave a little while, wash off well. This will make your hands & everything else smell fresh as a daisy! * note* Wash every bit of mustard off, and do not get into eyes, as this is hot! (Same mustard that is used with Chinese Pork with sesame seeds -- The kind that opens your sinuses!) Fish Odors: When cooking fish, fill a shallow bowl with white vinegar and place next to pan with fish. This will stop fried fish from smelling up the house! ... White Vinegar, Natures Odor Remover! ---AMAZING!--- Report Spam or Abuse