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Getting rid of garbage can odor
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:02 pm
Anyone got a tip beyond just soap and water?
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Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:05 pm to Zach
I fabreeze the inside of mine every time I take the bag out. You can spray vinegar in the bottom also. When it dries it won't smell like vinegar or trash.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:09 pm to Sir Drinksalot
I tried something like that. This is waaaay more serious. This is not a kitchen can. This is a large plastic rural bin with wheels. Gets picked up once a week. We're talking dead possum carcass in there for 2 days.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:13 pm to Zach
Set fire to it and blame it on local teenagers. Arson is fun when no one gets hurt.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:22 pm to Zach
Ah. Fill it up with water and a gallon of bleach. Have done this with mine a few times. Opossum slime hard to kill.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:37 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Thanks. It's not actually slime. I put the possum in a big garbage bag before putting it in the bin. Will try your solution today.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 1:01 pm to Zach
Posted on 4/4/15 at 1:07 pm to Zach
Pressure wash that thing or request a new one
Posted on 4/4/15 at 1:18 pm to djangochained
Just went outside for a sniff. The Clorox idea is working. Thank God my dog didn't kill a skunk.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 1:19 pm to djangochained
Soak it in bleach. Or hot water and some blue dawn, then pressure wash it. Mine was funky a couple years ago. The lid got broken by the trash collectors and it held rain water. Water + garbage was not a good combo in the deep summer heat. I cleaned it out with bleach and pressure washed it then drove a nail through the front of the bottom and that way it will drain.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 2:55 pm to Zach
I use a long-handled scrub brush with soap and water. If that doesn't work, I use bleach and leave it in the sun to dry. That always works. 
Posted on 4/4/15 at 3:24 pm to djangochained
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request a new one
...or discretely switch with a neighbor you don't like.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 3:49 pm to Degas
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...or discretely switch with a neighbor you don't like.
The amazing thing is that my dog is a 40 pound Aussie Shep. The dead possum was big. About 20 pounds. My dog was throwing it around like a rag doll as they fought.
He does have some anger management issues and the possum must have said something to disrespect him. I hope he doesn't need therapy.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 3:53 pm to Zach
Just be careful where you dump the bleach water, unless you want a big dead patch of grass.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 4:07 pm to Zach
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We're talking dead possum carcass in there for 2 days.
quote:So it was either a poor choice on your part to toss a dead animal into your canister and let it rot, or you have the smartest dog in the world who was astute enough to dispose of the varmint in the trash can. I'm going with the former.
The amazing thing is that my dog is a 40 pound Aussie Shep. The dead possum was big. About 20 pounds. My dog was throwing it around like a rag doll as they fought.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:51 pm to Zach
If anything is left after the bleach treatment, hit it with some baking soda.
Posted on 4/5/15 at 12:38 pm to Degas
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So it was either a poor choice on your part to toss a dead animal into your canister and let it rot,
Hey, I thought about giving the possum a proper Christian burial. But the Aussie would have exhumed the grave and given it a posthumous beat down.
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