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« on: May 05, 2010, 05:07:51 pm » |
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Would putting a box of baking soda work at getting rid of that "old" smell in my machine? Works for refrigerators at keeping the smells down so I was wondering if the same would work for a vending machine. Right now it kind of smells like my grandparents garage.  |
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mznb1u
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 05:19:27 pm » |
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I keep a box of baking soda in my USS 64 and it does seem to help.  Tim |
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 05:31:15 pm » |
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All I know is that as soon as I changed that nasty old insulation out of my machine the smell was gone. It stank!
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2010, 05:38:09 pm » |
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Awesome I am going to have to try both. As soon as I get some free time I am going to replace the insulation, door gasket, fan shroud and fix the rust on the bottom of the liner.
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2010, 06:16:07 pm » |
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What you're smelling is type of mildew that also lives in the pores of the galvanized tank & shleves (and sometime in the insulation if it got wet), don't use chlorine bleach at all on galvanized metal as it will attack the zinc plating, you can pickup a bottle of mildew-away from a marine/boating supplier, it's non-chlorine based & is safe to spray around the inside of the machine, remove all of you bottles & spray the top and the bottom of all of the shelves, the tank & be sure to get the seams & under the evaporator coils ( don't spray the electric motor though) & wipe down the door-liner & the door seal inside the folds...
It should reduce the odor, & as mentioned before, a box of baking soda helps too, it's the cold-damp environment that encourages the mildew & condensation in the door-liners insulation also will grow it. modern refrigerators have an additive that inhibits mildew/mold growth built right into the plastic, also commercial 'fridges have stainless liners that prevent most "cooties" from growing on it's surfaces, but once something spills, it provides a friendly spot to start the growth.
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2010, 06:22:14 pm » |
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I found that a pine cleaner such as Pinesol worked well at killing the mildew, and the smell in my V63...
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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2010, 08:20:12 pm » |
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yeah, but then how to you kill the smell of pinesol  that stuff messes with my sinuses bad! |
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scalebowler
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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2010, 08:49:19 pm » |
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I think I am going to just stick to the baking soda. I got a vendorlator 165 with the serpentine tracks and those look like they will be really hard to clean out.
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« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2010, 10:38:05 pm » |
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yeah, but then how to you kill the smell of pinesol that stuff messes with my sinuses bad! that's the one downside... takes about two weeks and then that smell is gone too... (still better than the mold smell ) |
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 09:00:01 am » |
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Call me weird, but I love to open up my all origianl Vendo 44 and get a wif of that old machine smell... Seriously I like it?  ok maybe I'm sniffing it too much and my sense of smell is off?  |
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 01:34:23 pm » |
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lol. I don't really mind it that much because it does go down a lot when the machine is running but I know that someone is going to complain about it at home. According to my roommate it made the cans taste like it. I never noticed it but then again he quit liking the machine when I turned it on.
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« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2010, 01:49:34 pm » |
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I'm with you, John...I love the smell of the inside of an old soda machine!
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« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2010, 04:16:24 pm » |
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Good I'm not crazy then.. Thanks for support Greg.  |
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« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2010, 05:30:00 pm » |
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Good I'm not crazy then.. Thanks for support Greg. No, actually I think both of you are crazy!  |
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« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2010, 06:22:28 pm » |
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 i guess call me krazy too as i like the smell of my old machine also
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