My husband put fish down the garbage disposer, 1) how can you get rid of the smell? 2) Has anyone else (or your S.O.) done something so "What was he thinking?"?
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First, rinse with lots of water ... then shut off the water and pour a bit of bleach into it and just leave it for a long while ... then rinse more ... ... no, never happened here ... I make sure everything is either 'recycle', garbage, or flushed in toilet.
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1. Pour some Oust! in the disposer 2. haha, no, not yet.
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Pour bleach in it. I did something equally as stupid but with a live betta fish. I was cleaning out its bowl and I had placed it in a smaller bowl next to the sink. I went out of the kitchen for a bit and when I came back the fish was gone. It had jumped out of the bowl, slid down the sink and into the disposal. I got to it in time though and it lived a while longer :)
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Put the rind or peel of an orange or two down the garbage disposer.
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1) A little bleach sitting in there would clean the smell, then run lots of water over it. If you really want to, you could put a few lemon quarters in there too. 2) All the time, then I get the thinking - what was I thinking?!?!
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Bleach & if that don't work maybe scalding hot water & baking soda & vinagar. It may smell like a pickle for a while but it will take the smell away. Try putting the dry soda in first.
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My wife has used lemon/orange peels. They seemed to do a pretty good job. Kumquats also work.
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My plumber friend gave me some advice that has always worked for me. This can also be used to properly maintain your garbage disposer and help maintain the plumbing under your sink. Take a handful of ice and put it in the disposer. Grind it up without water. This keeps decaying food particles from building on the blades and keeps them moving freely. The smell is coming not only the fish, but also the particles that the fish has come into contact with. Afterwards, flush with hot water for about 30 seconds. Put in 2 tablespoons of bleach and let sit for 10 minutes. Flush with cold water for 1 minute. If done regularly, (about once a month) this will help maintain your system.
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