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Once a refrigerator is molded can it be salvaged?

I have obtained some used refrigerators and appliances that were in storage and full of mold/mildew. I know in the past I could never get a moldy refrigerator to not smell moldy again and someone has told me that there is no way to solve the problem, that they will never be good for food again. Is this true?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    I've cleaned and sold several. Besides cleaning you need to sit them out in the sun for a few days with the doors open.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    If you've resorted to using moldy secondhand refrigerators, you should probably scale back your collection of dead lady limbs.

  • 9 years ago

    Do a bleach water soak and follow with a vinegar soak. That should fix it. Clean throughly.

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