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| Naked on a Mountain Top |
Posted - Oct 02 2011 : 4:20:12 PM
Our outside deep freezer died and I had to wait to clean it out (due to work sched.) It had been dead over a week, was omitting a horrific odor and my husband recommended a paper painters mask and Mentholatum ointment. (He said it's a coroner's trick.) I slathered the ointment all around my mouth and nose then pressed the mask on to get a good seal. Worked like a charm!! I smelled nothing but mint despite all the rancid meat!! The worst part was just trying to wash off the greasy goo in the shower.
Love a hubby with good tricks!!
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| marlee |
Posted - Feb 26 2012 : 5:57:25 PM
Been there done that.My husband help-standing 20 feet away asking if i'm done yet. Oh it was bad, no mask! you all are right. GaaaaaaaaaaaG!
Marlee
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Jan 21 2012 : 4:37:35 PM
Had that happen to us twice at our camp. To get the smell out we were told to put a pot of charcoal in a pan with vanilla extract on top. It did help with the order after we got all the stuff out. but, Annika, it was gag, gag, gag. OMGoodness the smell was beyond awful.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| Annika |
Posted - Oct 26 2011 : 11:34:22 AM
Ewww...been there before. I used lots of tigers balm, mixed with Vaseline and a painters mask and that worked well for me. Two years ago, we had a stray cat crawl under our house and die and no one noticed for days until the smell started... I had to belly crawl under with gloves and a garbage sack...it was the nastiest!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| msdoolittle |
Posted - Oct 26 2011 : 11:13:13 AM
We had a freezer 'die' one year. It was so much fun running back and forth, raking out the contents and then running off so we didn't vomit. Great fun.
FarmGirl #1390
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| SheilaC |
Posted - Oct 02 2011 : 4:32:34 PM
Sounds like me when we butcher chickens--peppermint oil in a painter's mask. Mentholatum would be great--good idea!
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