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Title: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: n_mathews13 on October 04, 2020, 09:05:28 PM: So now that my seasons are over, time to clean coolers good.
Got a few marks, smells, and discoloring.

I know the bleach and the vanilla tricks.
Any other suggestions?
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: hollymaster on October 04, 2020, 09:11:07 PM: Magic eraser.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: RB on October 04, 2020, 09:17:44 PM: Quote from: hollymaster on October 04, 2020, 09:11:07 PM
Magic eraser.

:yeah:

And Bleach is all I use
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: fowl smacker on October 04, 2020, 09:18:25 PM: Dawn dish soap and magic eraser. Bleach if that doesn't get it all.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: Smokeploe on October 05, 2020, 05:50:05 PM: Simple green and a tuffie, plastic style
It also helps get rid of the fish smell
Smokeploe
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: WSU on October 05, 2020, 05:53:06 PM: Fill with water and some bleach. Only way to go. Leave it for a bit and it's clean. I've saved coolers that had fish in them for months and made you damn near puke when you crack the lid.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: Alchase on October 05, 2020, 06:01:58 PM: I don't until my wife complains, then I will sray it clean with my pressure washer, lol.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: bobcat on October 05, 2020, 06:07:14 PM: Quote from: WSU on October 05, 2020, 05:53:06 PM
Fill with water and some bleach. Only way to go. Leave it for a bit and it's clean. I've saved coolers that had fish in them for months and made you damn near puke when you crack the lid.

Yep that's what I do.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: Alchase on October 05, 2020, 06:14:04 PM: A couple years ago, I had some dill pickles leak early on a 14 day hunt trip. Everything smelled and tasted like dill pickles. It took a few serious scrubs attempts to get the pickle smell out.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: RockChuck on October 05, 2020, 07:15:44 PM: I didn’t know you were supposed to clean coolers.... :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: dewandgin on October 05, 2020, 08:33:10 PM: Water and bleach and then close the lid throw it in the back of the truck and drive around for a few days and just like new.

This cleaned up a Yeti 120 that had 2 dozen herring left in it for over a month. :puke: :puke:
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: Buzz2401 on October 05, 2020, 09:16:59 PM: Try to keep them clean and dry. Biggest thing is don't store them closed. If they get something that could be funky or possibly dangerous if ingested I'll give them a quick wipe down with a lysol type wipe. Biggest issue is closing them when anything moist is in them, they are a perfect incubator. Keep them open to fresh air.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: UpperleftPNW on October 06, 2020, 03:26:59 PM: Yup I keep mine stored open on their side so any water or moisture runs out. If I can't keep them on their side I at least put a rolled up piece of cardboard or something in the lid to hold it open so it doesn't get all nasty after sitting wet and closed up.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 06, 2020, 03:36:51 PM: 409.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: Stein on October 06, 2020, 04:10:43 PM: I tell my son to do it. When I was his age, I rinsed the chunks out, good bleach soak and shake, then dish soap brush scrub, then bleach again to finish.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: millerwheeler on October 06, 2020, 05:01:57 PM: Soap and water y’all got some real serious answers there coolers not cars
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: lokidog on October 07, 2020, 10:10:07 AM: Bleach Softscrub

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Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: CoryTDF on October 07, 2020, 11:03:00 AM: I used Oxyclean once. IT worked really well. Leaves a bit of a residue that must be cleaned out after you drain it but it did the trick for an old mildew stained and stinky cooler.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: KillerBeee on October 07, 2020, 12:56:02 PM: I like Clorox clean...It's a bleach and detergent. Kills smell and growth. For lighter cleanings, 409 and micro fiber cloth and always air dry. The paper towel with vanilla extract trick works to get rid of old odors too.
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: stlusn30-06 on October 07, 2020, 01:08:12 PM: Quote from: bobcat on October 05, 2020, 06:07:14 PM
Quote from: WSU on October 05, 2020, 05:53:06 PM
Fill with water and some bleach. Only way to go. Leave it for a bit and it's clean. I've saved coolers that had fish in them for months and made you damn near puke when you crack the lid.

Yep that's what I do.
:yeah:
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: yakimarcher on October 07, 2020, 10:42:00 PM: The scrubbin bubbles and a hose
Title: Re: How do you clean your cooler?
Post by: ctwiggs1 on October 12, 2020, 10:35:47 AM: I just use dawn dish soap, a sponge and the hose in the front yard. I make sure they are dried out completely before allowing the lid to close and I store them unplugged always. If I have to put it away a little wet, I just put a piece of scrap wood or something between the cooler and lid so some air gets in there.

The rotomolded coolers clean a lot easier. That smoother, less textured surface goes pretty quickly.