what to use for cleaning interior of dishwasher?

Question

i have a white chalk -like build-up on glasses even with a rinse product.

Answer 1

borax and white vinegar: 1c borax and 1c white vinegar; fill dishwasher with glasses run thru wash and rinse cycle but do not dry, film is removed from glasses and your dishwasher is cleaned;to eliminate ordors psrinkle borax in bottom and let sit over night, no need to rinse just do the next load of dishes;to remove rust fill dishwashing cups with Tang Breakfast drink and run a normal cycle( if rust is stubborn it made take several treatments); to keep glasses spot free and 2 tsps of borax and 2 tsps of baking soda or you can make up a container of 1 cup borax 1/2 c baking soda and store in cool place then to use 1tsp of mixture with regular dishwashing detergent do dishes as usuaul.

I've used this recipe on every dishwasher I have owned and it "REALLY WORKS!"

Answer 2

Crystals and glass often face problems in the dishwasher. If you find that your dishwasher is causing a cloudy appearance on your glass products, do this. Place a glass into a soak with vinegar for about five minutes. Remove and look at the glass. If the cloudiness is no longer there, it is likely being caused by hard water.
To fix this, add a bit more detergent to your washing. If it is still there, the cloudiness is being caused by etching. Here, you need to stop pre-washing your products in the dishwasher and use a bit less detergent. Also, realize that fine crystal should not be put into the dishwasher.

and go buy some new glasses because its never going to be removed...damn etching!!

running the dishewasher with a few cups of vinegar may help

Answer 3

Citric Acid - they sell it at Wal-Mart and some grocery stores. What I would do is run it in the dishwasher empty. It might take a couple of times to get it clean. Every time I wash the dishes I put Cascade Complete in the large compartment, citric acid in the small (rinse) compartment, and I keep the Cascade rinse agent in the part that you fill inside the door. I live in an are with extremely hard water, so we have to do this every time!

Answer 4

Best thing to use is plain old white vinegar in a spray bottle, let it sit for a couple of hours and then do a quick cycle to rinse it. If its a matter of rust and calcium build up then you'll want to purchase CLR from Walmart or any hardware store.

Answer 5

I have found that vinegar placed in the dishwasher on the wash cycle will take the chalky residue out.

Answer 6

They sell stuff at Wal-Mart that you put in there and run by itself to get rid of build up and alla that. You may also want to change your soap. I use those Cascade gel pacs.

As this seems like a lot of build up you may want to do the cleaning process twice.

Answer 7

You should purchase a better brand of detergent for your dishwasher, and you won't have the problem. But for now, get the cleaner made for this purpose at any supermarket. Run it without dishes.

Answer 8

Have you tried using Jet Dry? Jet Dry is great if your using a dishwasher. Also, there might be something in your water.

Answer 9

Any kind of powder lemon-aid mix. Just put in like you would the soap. The citric acid cleans and deodorizes.

Answer 10

I have been using cascade all in one. they are great so you don't have to use rinse, many times I forget to buy the rinse this way it is all in one. my dishes come out clean all the time. they sell them in walmart and winn dixie