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How to get rid of strong Fabuloso smell in the house

Overpowering cleaning product smells like Fabuloso can linger for days, sticking to surfaces like kitchen shakers and emitting constant chemical odors even with windows open. This overwhelming scent forces people out of their homes, lingers in closed spaces like bathrooms, and leaves a terrible taste if it contaminates nearby utensils.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Leaving the house and sitting on the porch to escape the fumes
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    Opening all windows
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    Running a copious amount of water down the drains
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    Trying to stop him before he mixes more products

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.

r/CleaningTips4 people · September 2026

“Fabuloso has forced me out of my house.”source ↗

“I am not very sensitive to most things. I have lungs of steel. But Fabuloso has me out on my porch.”source ↗

Mission_Evening_2488 · r/CleaningTips · 62 upvotes

“now there's a chemical smell coming from the bathroom 24/7”source ↗

“We opened all of the windows but even now the smell from the bathroom is still there”source ↗

“what could I do to get rid of the smell before he mixes more products together and makes it worse?”source ↗

CheckingMyNails · r/CleaningTips · 4 upvotes

“My wife hates the smell too”source ↗

SpySeeTuna1 · r/CleaningTips · 1 upvotes

“It tastes terrible too! My partner made me a drink using a shaker that was in the sink. I had cleaned the sink earlier and had gotten Fabuloso in there.”source ↗

Professional-Tone394 · r/CleaningTips · 1 upvotes

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