How To Clean A Garbage Disposal

The first thing you will need to do is grab the gasket or splash guard on the top of your garbage disposal with your tongs and pull it out of your sink. It is very important that you never, for any reason stick your hand in the garbage disposal. Doing so can lead to serious injury. Once you have your splash guard out of your disposal you may quickly realize that it may be one of the major causes of the smell that was coming from your sink. Grease and food particles get trapped in the creases of the splash guard and can begin to rot which can be a big source of a foul smell. Now take your splash guard and do a deep clean on it. I like to let it soak sink full of soapy dish water, before cleaning it with ta scrubber. If after attempting to deep clean your splash guard, it still smells, you may want to consider replacing it altogether. They are relatively inexpensive and tend to run around $5. Now inspect the inside of your disposal to see if there are any large blockages that may be causing smell. Remember things like grease, stringy vegetables, and fruit pits should NEVER be put down a disposal, They can damage your disposal and plumbing system. Once you have inspected your disposal, and removed any possible blockages, you should then grab your ½ cup of baking soda and pour it down the disposal. Then pour your cup of vinegar into the drain. You will begin to hear it fizz and make noise. Let this combination work for 2-3 minutes. Next grab your boiling water and pour it down the disposal to rinse away the baking soda and vinegar. Now you will need to take your ice and fill up your disposal. This can take 2-3 cups of ice to fill your disposal all the way with ice. Now take your cup of salt and pour it onto your ice. Turn on cold water and then run your garbage disposal until the ice and salt combination is gone. The ice and salt do a great job of helping loosen the buildup of grime inside your sink. Now that your sink is free of most of the cause of the smell, it is time to kill any leftover smell. Make sure you put your splash guard back onto your sink at this point. Take your lemon and put two of the fourths of the lemon into the disposal. Turn on cold water and then run the disposal. Once half of the lemon is gone, go through the same process with the other half. This lemon smell well help eliminate any leftover smell in your disposal. That's it! You disposal should be cleaned smelling great. If you continue to have a bad smell come from your sink, contact a licensed local plumber to have your home worked on professionally.


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