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Yesterday my whole house filled with smoke from a little "accident" in the kitchen. I opened all the windows and doors at the time, but the stink has pervaded the whole house. Does anyone know of anything I can do to get rid of the strong smell? I dont fancy the idea of pinching my nose indefinately


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If you've got some vinegar in the house, heat it in a pot on the stove

until steaming and that will help. You can also carefully carry the pot

around the house and vapors will rise.



If not vinegar, try some powdered cinnamon sprinkled on the stove

burners. Careful with this one. Or, you can put lemon peel and a little

water in a pot and heat.



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An onion cut in half absorbs the smell of fresh gloss paint....air freshener ?? Incense ??? Gawd knows...
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Febreze!!! Do you guys have this stuff? I LOVE my Febreze. Spray it everywhere. Use a whole bottle if you have to.
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Post by venus »

beaten to it, was gonna say onion, it does work.

if not a herb os spice warmed in a frying pan that will drift around the house.

Or one of my loves too febreeze...love my pets not their smell, so baths and febreeze do the trick!!
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Uncle Kram wrote: Yesterday my whole house filled with smoke from a little "accident" in the kitchen. I opened all the windows and doors at the time, but the stink has pervaded the whole house. Does anyone know of anything I can do to get rid of the strong smell? I dont fancy the idea of pinching my nose indefinately


We're dying to know what the 'little accident' was aren't we guys ????



We could start guessing of course....let the potatoes boil dry ???
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left the chip pan .....:confused:
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Thanks guys, I will endeavour to test all suggestions over the weekend with the exception of yours Arnold. Just spent a whole year doing that and somehow I don't see a repeat performance without losing the will to live.

I had a vague recollection of something you could do with onions and lemons. (Then I remembered it was casserole and squash !)

I've just placed two onion halves in the worst areas which are downstairs, and I've just added Lemons and Febreeze to my shopping list. I've already got some scented candles. (Don't ask!)

The little accident was down to my daughter your honour, nothing to do with me.

She had just been involved in an accident where her Moms car had been rear-ended by an Ice-Cream van. Her neck was hurting so she placed a wheatbag in the microwave. Unfortunately, for far too long, and the material all burned and melted giving off really offensive fumes. My daughter is recovering, but raised an eyebrow when I asked her if she had Mr.Whippylash


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Here is the lunchtime news from UK in the UK

The headache-inducing stink in Krammys kitchen has disappeared with the help of an unidentified onion.

Sources close to the epicentre of the wheatbag meltdown report a modicum of improvement in the actual microwave itself, however the appliance is expected to remain a bio-hazard for the forseeable future.

In mid-meltdown, the severely smoking item was thrown out of the kitchen window by Uncle K to a distance which is unofficially a personal best.

Attached is a picture showing it's subsequent inspection by The Wheatbag Rapid Response Unit and Uncle K's next door neighbour

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For living next door to me?


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It depends on what smoked the house up. If it was meat it was a protein fire (even though it might not have actually been a fire) I used to do insurance restoration work so Im familiar with odor elimination. We succesfully eliminated the odor from a corpse that had been decaying in a trailer in Florida in the month of August.



If its protein thats a tough one. I would recommend renting an ozone machine and of course you need to have all the fabrics in the house cleaned. Curtains, upholstery, carpet etc. Its an odor that doesnt just go away.
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Nomad wrote: We succesfully eliminated the odor from a corpse that had been decaying in a trailer in Florida in the month of August.

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I bet that stopped you biting your nails :yh_nailbi


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Uncle Kram wrote: Here is the lunchtime news from UK in the UK

The headache-inducing stink in Krammys kitchen has disappeared with the help of an unidentified onion.

Sources close to the epicentre of the wheatbag meltdown report a modicum of improvement in the actual microwave itself, however the appliance is expected to remain a bio-hazard for the forseeable future.

In mid-meltdown, the severely smoking item was thrown out of the kitchen window by Uncle K to a distance which is unofficially a personal best.

Attached is a picture showing it's subsequent inspection by The Wheatbag Rapid Response Unit and Uncle K's next door neighbour


Do you write short stories, this whole thread had me laughing at your detailed writing OMG and I am supposed to be working ahahahahahaha Laughing out loud at my computer is cause for suspicion. Tee hee hee. Glad you are recovering from the whole ordeal.
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I thought you were Noodles !!!!:D ;)
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Following the advice of BabyRider & Venus, I decided to check out Febreeze but changed my mind when I got to the supermarket :-3

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Post by SOJOURNER »

If all the above fails, contact one of the cleaners that come in

to clean up houses with smoke damage. They have little canisters

that they open up and place around the house. Overnight you

will be stink-free. :D
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