Getting rid of mothball smell

I would try several open boxes of baking soda, or activated charcoal.

Nan

Ask the moths to take a shower?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I forget to mention that I've had baking soda in there for the longest time but the problem persists.

I'll try the charcoal.

Napthalene (primary component in mothballs) is virtually insoluble in water, so simply cleaning the refrigerator with soap and water probably won't do much good. The naptha is most likely being absorbed into the air from the refrigerator walls. If you could leave the fridge (isn't it strange how we write "refriGerator" yet make the short version "friDge?") open for several days and place a fan in front of it to force air to move through it, you may get faster removal of whatever naptha is in the walls. It has a relatively low vapor pressure, so even a tiny amount of it in the air of the fridge will prevent anymore from coming out of the walls, so it is important to try and get the air moving through the unit. Leaving it in the sun while doing this will help, too. Hope this helps (and works, or else I will feel SO stupid......)

Ryan

--If anyone needs a chemical engineer, I'll be mopping the bathrooms--

I dont know how to get rid of the smell, but I always wondered what kind of moths they cut the balls off of. They must be some huge moths!!!!

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If you can unplug it for several days, leave it open and the mothballs should eventully evaporate out.

get some bags of charcoal and put in the ref. its an odor absorber and might work....

I'd give Arm and Hammer Baking Soda a try...

Wife uses it to remove fish and other odors from refrig.

I would try Arm and Hammer "Baking Soda"

Wife uses it to rid refrig of fish and other odors

HTH

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we use a bucket of water and some bread in the water with some vanilla extract in the water for paint smells, this might work with the refrig.. and also charcoal in the refrigerator is known for absorbing smells... but first i would take it outside and put a box fan in the thing with the door open and let that fan run for a day or so to get most of the air moving and see if that helps first....

Open it up and leave it open and not on for a couple of weeks. Warm is better. A fan might also speed up the process.

Put lots of moths in it.