How to remove bad smell from trailer?

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  1. george_spr

    george_spr Bobtail Member

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    How long the vinegar smell last?
     
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  3. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    Vinegar smell will eventually disapate. I vote vinegar too great idea. You could mop the trailer floor with gallons of the stuff for really cheap and let it air out for a day all should be well.
     
  4. old time

    old time Medium Load Member

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    The vinegar smell goes away in a few hours. It works well. Vinegar doesn't mask a smell, it actually absorbs an odor and it's cheap. A guy with a cleaning service told me they use to get smoke smell out of apartments for a real estate company. I used it on a car I bought and was surprised how it freshened it up after the initial vinegar blast. I've heard ammonia will do same but that stuff is really strong and a bit toxic also.
     
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    Since I learned about the odor removal I started using vinegar for a cleaning agent too. Works great on glass and diluted 50/50 with water it's great for a cleaner of everything.
     
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  6. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    Yeah Google vinegar it has all kinds of uses man has been using it for thousands of years.
     
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  7. x11

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    so white vinegar on the floor of a reefer trailer will clean and take smells away? Or what cleans a reefer floor?
     
  8. george_spr

    george_spr Bobtail Member

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    Problem solved. I tried white vinegar ( eight gallons),backing soda( four big packs) and professional truck wash(they used acid). None of the above helped. I had another load canceled, because of the smel. Then I bought the blue bottle of Febreze. In the beginning, for about two weeks, I sprayed almost a half of bottle before pick up. I thought it just mask the smell. After using 7 or 8 Febreze the smell was gone. Thank you all for the respond. I'm sure all of the suggestions you made here will be helpful to other drivers like they were to me. Thanks.
     
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  9. 77fib77

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    Vinegar and baking soda neutralize each other. Vinegar is an acid baking soda is a base.
     
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  10. george_spr

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    I did first the vinegar and after a week I did the soda.
     
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  11. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    That must have been some very powerful stink. Note to self - never haul any fishy pet food that's dripping who knows what from the pallets.

    I remember somebody saying they hauled some cowhides one time in their van. Got them out of some dead hole, TX place "for a good rate" (nobody else would haul that **** lol) and their van stunk to high heaven afterwards had the same problem as you.

    Hate to laugh but **** it is funny. I always ask "is this a clean load?". I've done a few junky loads in my time lol.
     
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