are these a total con? Surely the dishwasher gets cleaned at the same time as the dishes. Why do you need to wash the dishwasher with a seperate cleaner?
2007-03-04 08:01:28 · 11 answers · asked by FC 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
No, they are very good. I used one today in my dishwasher. They remove the build-up of grease and other stuff from the pipes and filters. I am lucky as I live in a soft water area so don't need to use the conditioner or salt to soften the water.
However, what I can't work out a use for are the dishwasher deodorants. Surely if you run your dishwasher every day or at least, every few days, there should be no smells anyway! I've never noticed any and I only run mine every 4 days or so as I live alone so don't fill it with dishes as often as a family but I do run it on a plain rinse inbetween washes.
2007-03-04 09:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by Ladyfromdrum 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're kidding. You mean somebody is now trying to tout a dishwasher cleaner. I guess it had to happen sooner or later LOL> Actually I think using a dishwasher to kill germs on dishes is a load of baloney too. Germs are everywhere You take the things out of the dishwasher, put them away, and in no time whatever germs are floating around in your atmosphere will be all over 'em again, no different from if you had just washed them the old fashioned way, in the sink, with your rubber gloves on and a slosh of dishwash detergent.
Of course, if you have a large household and a ton of dirty dishes all the time, the dishwasher route is obviously freeing your personal time. But as a more hygienic way of cleaning your dishes etc., nah. In fact there is very good reason for listening to what a lot of experts are saying about the dangers of mass-use of antibacterials. Everything is being produced with antibacterials in these days, but on down the road, what's gonna happen there is that because these organisms mutate so rapidly, the millions that do survive being zapped with an antibacterial agent will simply create stronger successors that will be automatically resistent to anything ya throw at them. This,in time, will turn the regular old "bugs" that man has lived with in relatively peaceful coexistence for millions of years, into "superbugs". Humans have created a similar nasty little situation for themselves through the overuse of antibiotics for problems that didn't really need them. Now we are finding ourselves dealing with some extremely dangerous antibiotic - resistent organisms. We're just adding more fuel to this situation by trying to zap organisms indiscriminately, every whichway - including hundreds of kinds that are actually important to our health.
Let's not "play dirty" with these microscopical entities, by trying to play too clean, because as sure as I sit here talking about it, those little guys will come back fightin' and they'll exterminate us way before we have the means to exterminate them LOL.
2007-03-04 08:40:45 · answer #2 · answered by sharmel 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You only really need these a lot if you live in a hard water area as they get rid of scale too. But think of all the bits of food that go through the machine. It deserves an occasional clean, even if its only done a couple of times a year before you go away for you hols!!
2007-03-06 02:42:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
normal dishwasher cleaner is not powerfull enough to clean the washer. you can get a build up of scale and grease in the pump and waste pipe
2007-03-04 08:13:03 · answer #4 · answered by alan t 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no it's not a cod. a certain amount of grease DOES build up. but if you scrape waste off your dishes before loading, clean the filters and food traps regularly, a long-wash with some detergent should be sufficient to keep the machine in good shape.
2007-03-04 08:06:44 · answer #5 · answered by pwalsh 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're right. You shouldn't need to clean your dishwasher. Certain brands such as Bosch have filters that need to be periodically cleaned but most brands have self-cleaning filters too.
Rinse agents should protect your dishwasher from hard water build up just as they do on the dishes.
2007-03-04 08:06:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
giving it a clean without dishes and just a tablet is what i do sometimes, i don't really smell anything bad from my dishwasher like the ads say ,if i had draining probs i'd try one to see if it cleared it up.
ive never used one
2007-03-04 08:07:50 · answer #7 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would go slimy and be even smellier. I have a dishwasher he's called Nigel.
2007-03-06 04:50:51 · answer #8 · answered by pigeonlegs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I clean mine with Washing Soda, empty 2lb bag into bowl, hot wash, grease & gunge gone....drain clean.
2007-03-05 02:44:15 · answer #9 · answered by johncob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the inside gets limescale and grease build up and the cleaners break that down they also make it smell nice they really do work
2007-03-04 08:05:28 · answer #10 · answered by TINYTI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋