# Deodorizing stinking Tupperware **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532 "2006-05-28T10:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/21 "2006-05-30T12:24:39Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Does anyone use Tupperware[sup]TM[/sup] anymore? Are they still in business? Do they still have sales parties? [Yes](http://order.tupperware.com/coe/app/home), and you don’t have to endure a boring party and play silly games to get it. You can just buy what you want. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/22 "2006-05-30T12:38:37Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > Seriously, any 99 Cent store or any Vons/Safeway/Ralphs/Kroger/Shnucks/Whatever will have ammonia. Next time I’m in the US I’ll look out for some then. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/23 "2006-05-30T15:49:33Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > DON"T EVER MIX IT (ammonia) WITH BLEACH! Aw, c’mon. What’s a little mustard gas between friends and neighbors? It’s the 21st century; certainly we can overlook a little chemical warfare in the destinking of Tupperware. It’s the fault of the French anyway…them and their damn, delectable stinky cheeses. So before you mix, make a trip across the channel. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/24 "2006-05-30T16:47:10Z")
Sorry- **jimm’s** right- it’s almost impossible to buy pure ammonia in the UK. It certainly isn’t in most cleaning aisles, even in large supermarkets. I don’t think they trust us not to gas ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/25 "2006-05-30T17:20:10Z")
> [@Cub Mistress](#): > > You also might try letting it sit out in the sun and fresh air for a while. That has worked for me in the past. Bonus: it can get rid of tomato stains on Tupperware, too. It really gets rid of the stains? Cool, man. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/26 "2006-05-30T19:04:54Z")
Hmmm. According to [this](http://www.bhi.co.uk/hints/spelter.htm)British website, it’s in your grocery store. Scroll down to step 2. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/27 "2006-05-30T19:20:15Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Hmmm. According to [this](http://www.bhi.co.uk/hints/spelter.htm)British website, it’s in your grocery store. Scroll down to step 2. I don’t mean to be nitpicky, and I don’t know who Ben Fullbright is, but I suspect that was copied-and-pasted from a US site, for the following reasons: Except on the SDMB, Brits almost never say “grocery store”. We say “supermarket”, and furthermore, when we are referring to a retail establishment, we say “shop” instead of store. I’ve never heard of “Mr Clean” or “Spic-n-Span”. Our ovens don’t always go up to 275 degrees, because we use Celsius. Mine only goes to 250. But I will admit that he did spell “colour” correctly… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/28 "2006-05-30T19:23:26Z")
We don’t need no _steenking_ Tupperware! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/29 "2006-05-30T19:23:45Z")
On [Tesco.com](http://Tesco.com), the largest supermarket in the UK, my search for “ammonia” produced the following results: > [@](#): > > Amoy Straight To Wok Medium Egg Noodles 2 X 150g > > Shelves that may be of use: > > ``` > * Oriental Noodles > > ``` 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532/30 "2006-05-30T20:19:03Z")
That’s too bad, that you can’t get it there. It’s such a basic cleaning product here that it kind of baffles me that it isn’t available everywhere. Basic like bleach and starch and rubbing alcohol and dish soap. I make my own window cleaner with it, and it is essential for stripping wax on floors, and so much more. Of course, we don’t have those Milton baby bottle sterilizing tablets, we just boil them. Ah well. It would have solved your problem so quickly… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-stinking-tupperware/358532.md?page=1)