Smelly Dorm! Help!

[beautiflytragic]

Hi, my  name is Ariel and I'm new =)

Anyway, here's my problem.  My friend Maddy and I just moved into our new apartment style dorm at UCF in Orlando, FL (4 individual rooms sharing a living room and kitchen), and the 3 people who moved out left the living room and kitchen a mess!  The whole room smells bad, and the kitchen is filthy.  I am so

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[nmbr5wthabulet]

get some big fans, open the front door, and face the fans into the hall. it will help suck out the gross air. Im also going to suggest industrial strength cleaning supplies, carpet fresh, and complaining to your hall coordinator

[music_l0ver]

Febreze. Seriously it helps. You also may want a few boxes of baking soda to open to help suck up the odor and maybe some vinegar to pour into bowls to set about the place to help with the smell too.

[virtuel]

Bleach is awesome when it comes to surfaces that can handle it (smells at first, but it goes away after a day or two leaving everything smelling... virtually like nothing).

Another thing you might want to look into: Ozone machines. That's your best bet for getting smells out. I used to work at a hotel, and we'd use them when someone would smoke in a non-smoking room. They're pricey compared to febreze, but worth it.

However, if the root is deeper (like mildew in the air vents), the smell won't go away completely.

[fiendishturtle]

Ozone machine? I've never heard of it. I'd be hesitant to use it if I were the poster, though, because ozone can cause some health issues. I found an EPA website (http://epa.gov/iedweb00/pubs/ozonegen.html) that might tell more. Perhaps using it just the once can't hurt too much, but I dunno.

I would say use a combination of what's been said. Open the door, use fans, use bleach, and Febreeze.

[virtuel]

Anything that displaces oxygen (0_2) in large amounts can be bad for you :) If you don't overdo it you should be fine.

Of course, I'm not a doctor or a scientist so I can't vouch by empirical evidence, but I've used an Ozone machine before and I'm fine :)