I’m sure you’ve smelt it before, that foul odor emerging from your kitchen drain. You have to imagine, loads of waste are being piled in there day after day. Food scraps like meats and cheeses which tend to spoil and leave behind a rotten stench are by far the worst! How can you beat the stench? How do you get rid of this terrible odor? Let us offer our most helpful tips.
If you have a garbage disposer or garbage disposal, cut up a lemon or orange (or any fruit from the citrus family will do) into small wedges. Half at a time throw them into your garbage disposal with the hot water running. Let the hot water run for about thirty seconds after their disposal. You should be able to notice an immediate shift in odor.
If you don’t have a garbage disposer or you don’t have any citrus fruit lying around, Pin-sol or any pungent citrus fruit type of cleaner would work just as well. Drop one tablespoon in at a time, repeating 2-3 times, and your kitchen drain should be smelling fresh in no time!
On another note, you may even want to try throwing a tablespoon of liquid dish soap (preferably the blue Dawn liquid dish soap) and two quarts of boiling hot water down your kitchen drain. This helps cut through the grease and sludge that may also cause some of these serious odors.
We hope this tip of the month helps! Here’s to getting those kitchen drains smelling citrus fresh!