How can I get rid of rancid cooking odor in my kitchen? Not using kitchen much do to unpleasant lingering smell?

Not using kitchen much do to unpleasant lingering smell. 1. Older apartment building circa 1920 Studio apartment2.

Cannot visibly see any obvious soiled areas.3. No garbage disposal, but drain is clear..tried many baking soda/vinegar treatments.4. Flooring is not new, but it is not original flooring.5.

Windows are always open.6. Kitchen is clean garbage taken out regularly.7. Clothing and household linens smell like rancid oils & pungent spices.8.

Refrigerator is clean w/o any accumulation of old food.9. No dirty dishes present.10. Walls are clean.11.

Rest of apartment doesn't smell. Asked by La-La 49 months ago Similar questions: rid rancid cooking odor kitchen unpleasant lingering smell Home.

Similar questions: rid rancid cooking odor kitchen unpleasant lingering smell.

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Perhaps I have an answer .... Whoever has lived in this apartment since it was built, before You, was not careful with what they spilled on the floor under what is there now. Plus, if the walls are some sort of plaster board (dry wall), over these many long years they will absorbe food odors. It's a long slow process, but eventually they will reach a point where they can't absorbe any more.

That is where You are right now. This is why You are unable to get rid of the odors. The only way that You can delete this problem is to gut the entire kitchen right down to the structual frame and replace the walls, flooring, and cabinets with new materials.

You'd also have to tear down the ceiling and replace it too. Once You've done this, You will be fine. Otherwise, I suggest that You find a newer apartment that doesn't have this problem.To solve Your problem could cost $10 to 20 K depending on how elaborate You do it.

If You do some of the work Yourself, the cost will be slightly lower. In a rental property - Don't do it.Leave. Another thought - Before I bought this house 3 years ago, the other one I lived in for 29 years was reaching this stage where You are now.

I could tell, because when I went outside and came back in, I could smell the change in air quality. I knew that the house's walls had about three more years left before the main floor kitchen and adjoining living room areas would be saturated. I sold my house and got out at a good time.

Sources: Personal knowledge and experience..

A friend bought a house that had the same problem and she kept a little pan of water with a cinnamon stick on top of the stove all the time so she would boil once in awhile during the day trying to mask the odor. In conversation with the neighbors she found out that a large Chinese family lived there and they used the Wok (high temperature frying) all the times, with the paddle fan turned on. The grease went all over the house.

Only a serious washing and bleaching of the walls and a new coat of paint helped. Or Can it be from a neighbor apartment? Sources: experience .

I love apartment living, but the downside is you don’t know anything about the people that lived there before you. So many times I have moved into apartments that just had horrendous smells. Sometimes it was heavy cigarette smoke odor, pet urine smells, burnt food or other smells that are just unidentifiable.

I tried a few things, but I found this odor eliminator that worked really well that was recommended to me by my mother. It works great and is safe around kids and pets because it is environmentally friendly. You can find it at biocidesystems.com/roomshocker1.html html.

":Since the apartment was built in 1920 perhaps one of the previous tenants are still in there...somewhere. ;) .

":Since the apartment was built in 1920 perhaps one of the previous tenants are still in there...somewhere. ;).

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