Esky Abuse
I am picking up this convo from Colin's earlier thread as I think it needs a little more discussion.
I overnighted last week up the coast and came home pretty much knackered. Being an older member I need my Nanna Naps. You guessed it, I unloaded the Esky for attention later. Much later as it turns out. Like a WEEK later. I received a call from the missus while I was at work. She had a day off. "Vince! You going to have to stop fishing". "Why" I said. ""because the fuggin Esky is rank. I lifted the lid and almost passed out" she said. FFS. OK so I have a problem again.
Anyway.... Yesterday I decided to fix the problem. Her answer was for me to take it to the tip. No fuggin way mate! Firstly, it goes in my car and that aint happening. Secondly, the Esky is recoverable. So..... I don a face mask and tripple secure contents in large garbage bags and securely tie. Three bags should hold the problem. Almost at puke stage I rinsed the Esky and used the foul water very well by throwing it over the front lawn.... Hmmmmm OK. I may as well have dosed the whole front with a 20 kilo bag of Dynamic lifter.
Anyway... my fix was 2 x 24 hour soaks with a high concentrate bleech formula. That fixed the whiff but there is a bad aftertaste so to speak so it looks like 1/2 a litre of fresh lemon juice and some vanilla essence.....
Why is fishing so difficult???
Vince.
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Matt T
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Alfred
Did you try what Alfred suggested in the other thread? I'm interested to know if it works...
Goodz
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Yep sun is the best
Yep sun is the best deodorizer for the esky in my personal experience. I've had my esky smelling pretty rank and it always comes back to smelling like bakery fresh cinnamon rolls....... well not quite that good, more like it doesn't smell like anything.
danno
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haha nice so is it good
haha nice
so is it good again?
cheers danno
7739ian
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That's nothing Vince
i had a mate move into my house while i was working away claim pegging years ago. Nice guy and a cleanliness nut - while sweeping the floor on day 1 in residence he knocked the freezer plug out of the socket - then moved out again 3 days later because he had a falling with my neighbours. When i got back 12 weeks later the crays in the freezer were pink soup - 1 Tuckerbox to the tip.
danno
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oh man that would suck but
oh man that would suck
but its funny for us lol
cheers danno
GrahamM
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LOL 7739ian my lovely wife
LOL 7739ian
my lovely wife went to the freezer 2 days ago and got some stuff out of the freezer and moves the basket well actually drops the thing you know the one that sits in the top of the freezer. to cut a long story short she missed a bag of fresh prawns i caught this week and a bag with fresh squid i caught a couple off week ago.
Today when i went out to the carport and said it smelt like fish she remembered and hence i found the prawns and squid on the floor fermenting much to my disgust
UncutTriggerInWA
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OH! I did have another experience.....
A few years ago now I got locked out of my country rental as it seems the owner and the bank had some problems... A while later I get a call suggesting I come and take my gear. Man! That was something terrible. The fridge inside and the outside freezer were disgusting!!! The answer to that problem was to leave them there and quickly vacate.
Vince.
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Buz
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Had a similar experience in
Had a similar experience in the N.T. Left my esky in the boat for four days in the sun after a fishing trip, had my old bait and a six pack of beer in it. When i discovered it i thought stuff that, the beer was swimming around in a bloody soup of rotting bait. The thought of cleaning it didnt even cross my mind.
So to fix the problem i just left the esky with the beer still swimming in it out the front of my place on the side of the road and thought 'hey someone might want it!'
Well kind of worked out. Next morning i went out esky was still there on its side, still smelling very well done, but the beers were gone! Hahahahaha got to love the N.T.
2 days later esky was gone. Reckon someone was eyeing it off just waiting for enough airing out time. Hahaha
till
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Funny that, my bro picked up
Funny that, my bro picked up a really nasty esky he found in NT. Said it took a bit of cleaning but its still good to this day. He has had it probably 10-15yrs now.
Andy Mac
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Adam did that to us up in Exxy last year
He forgot to pick up the spanglie frames we saved for him for 4 days and when we realised it was a very nasty smell. The blood and guts actually penetrated the bottom of the esky to permanently discolour it.
Russ and Sandy came to the rescue with some of their "bubble gum" deodorant / cleanser. Same stuff that Bernie uses on the Mahi Mahi II. Worked a treat.
Cheers
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till
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Oh not that again, I was
Oh not that again, I was trying to forget that!
Faulkner Family
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so thats what the bubblegum
so thats what the bubblegum cleaner was for. you never let that cat out of the bag . that would have been a nice ripe esky . and in the end probably the best smelling one around
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Colin Hay
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I can imagine the smell of those stinking eskies and fridges
There is nothing much worse than that. Glad it is all coming out ok in the end Vince.
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Wrassassin
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Ha Ha Ha That's classic, I
Ha Ha Ha That's classic, I think i'd get a taste of the back of my wifes hand if i did that to her.
Good job
NOHA
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At this year's exi comp
Filleted a large pile of fish and put all the frames back in the esky to take to the boat ramp bins later. Anyway, a few beers and a nice meal, later ended up being the next day. By this stage the esky was fairly ripe. Put the esky in the back of the crusier and off to the ramp we went. Taking the esky out was when I discovered the bung was not in fully and the "fish essence" was now thru the back of my new cruiser.
I think it was at least 4 days before you could get in the car without all the windows down and drive without vomiting...
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wadetolley
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Reminds me
Reminds me of up in Broome a few years back when cyclone Rosita hit broome. We lost power for a few days. Me and a mate spent the days with no power at a mates place sinking beers and fishing...that was until my mates mrs come back in from her stint on the pearl boats and rang up and said..."there is a bad smell coming from the fridge" oh shite!