help! my coffeemaker smells

[themarquis]

Okay so a few days ago GF was on a cleaning kick and cleaned my coffeemaker top to bottom (bless her little heart) with soap and 409. I didn't know she had done it but I made some coffee and noticed it had a distinctive cleaning product smell and had to throw it out. Blegh.

Turns out she mostly just cleaned the outside but some of the 409 must have dripped in through the lid when she was scrubbing it.

Help! I don't know how to get that smell out! I have run several carafes of water through it (brewed hot water with it), brewed a vinegar/water mixture several times, and even took a brand new clean sponge down into the resoirvoir and scrubbed with vinegar. Right now, I am brewing more water through it to get rid of the vinegar, but when I open the lid, I can still smell that cleaning product smell!!!!

Help!!! My coffee is what makes me functional every day!!! This is a nice coffeemaker and I refuse to throw it out!!!

 

[KristiKelly]

I've always heard to clean them with vinegar & water. If it is still smelling, maybe just keep running plain water or vinegar/water several times and maybe eventually it will flush out.

Sorry, I'm no help at all.

Good luck.

 

[agnes!]

A couple of thoughts...

The 409 is now probably kind of in the coffeepot itself, even if initially it maybe dripped into the reservoir.

I second the notion of running more sets of water through it.

Coffegrounds are used to take odors out of stuff...maybe make a couple pots of coffee and THROW them all OUT.

Set the pot up as if you are making coffee, but don't actually make it, meaning don't add water to the reservoir, just put FRESH coffeegrounds into the basket. Put the whole thing down into a plastic bag and seal it up. Maybe the coffee smell will permeate the reservoir and sort of displace the 409 taste/smell.

Leave the lid off the coffee pot, open up the reservoir and LEAVE EVERYTHING out in the sun OUTSIDE.

good luck,
agnes!

 

[autumnbaby9]

Rinse the coffe pot with vanilla. My dad does this every few months and it takes care of any smells that stick around.

Edit: I forgot to say to run the vanilla through the whole coffe pot as well.

 

[Disney Doll]

Try cleaning it with baking soda and dissolving some baking soda in the water you run through it.

 

[grinningghost]

Vinegar & baking soda. Put it in the tank and let it fizz up real good. Then when it settles down, add hot water and run the coffeemaker.

When it's done. Run one more pot of clear water. Should do the trick!