The funny thing about a machine that cleans things is you don’t expect to have to clean them. To me, the dishwasher looked fine, we use it often and everything comes out clean. But when I began to remove racks and spray arms I was surprised to find stains, limescale and even a broken glass. I also discovered that a piece had broken in the main spray arm. So it turned out to be a good thing that I wrote this article. As far as cleaning the actual dishwasher I discovered that a mixture of vinegar soap and elbow grease was all it took. I managed to have the entire dishwasher cleaned in less than 20 minutes. And then as a final nail in the cleaning coffin I ran a quick rinse cycle with baking soda in the soap dispenser. That really put on the shine. Here read the full article How to Clean a Dishwasher and see for yourself.
gotta say that was a good write-up. I’ve always been one to toss in a packet of Lemonaide kool-aid into my dish washer on the “Hot Start” (long wash) cycle. And it looks great afterwards.
Then it just takes a little elbow grease of wiping down the rubber gaskets, and “trim” where the door meets with the dishwasher.
It amazes me the gunk that can build up in the dish washer…lol. But….well, with hard water (not that hard…since I’ve seen worse…) it does get dirty.
I’ve always been adding white vinegar to the “jet dry” port on my dishwasher, seems to dry my dishes a little bit better even lol.