Comments on: How to Clean and Deodorize Your Smelly Garbage Disposal

By: Deb Aiana

Deb Aiana — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 17:53:27 +0000

In reply to Ani. I also dont recommend putting any lettuce typea into the disposal. I made that mistake once and had to pay for a plumber to come and pull the disposal apart for me. The stringy parts of the lettuce dont shread well in the disposal and get sort of tangled up! But im trying your cleaning hack today and am hopeful that the nasty smell wille be gone when I'm done!!

By: Ani

Ani — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 14:48:07 +0000

There’s a typo towards the beginning of Step 2 saying baking POWDER instead of SODA:
How to clean inside a garbage disposal
Use baking POWDER – should read baking soda.

By: Scott Tingle

Scott Tingle — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:40:33 +0000

If my disposal stinks I usually dump in some baking soda and let it sit for a few minutes, then add in the ice and flip the switch with the cold water running. It seems to work for me! Cheap too!

By: Ryan Adler

Ryan Adler — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 21:32:27 +0000

I’ve read before that you can use ice to sharpen your disposal blades, but how does that even work? I thought it was just a joke the first time I read it (I would think grinding up ice would probably dull the blades if anything) but here it is again, and I highly doubt you’re joking about it. I’m just trying to fathom how ice would sharpen a blade.