2007-04-28 14:33:07 · 14 answers · asked by rubykitty143 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Fresh Smelling Dishwasher
When washing the dishes, you want them to look and smell fresh. For a fresh smelling dishwasher, try placing a lemon half in the utensil container. Run your machine through a normal cycle, and your dishes and dishwasher will come out smelling fresh and lemony. Lemon is great for all kinds of ktichen cleaning as it leaves everything smelling wonderful!
Good Luck!!!...=)
2007-04-28 14:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by Backwoods Barbie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How To Clean A Smelly Dishwasher First finding out why your dishwasher smells, would be the first step. It could be some of the following things: an improperly installed garbage disposal, a burnt out heating element, or a deteriorating rubber seal around the door. If there is food and gunk which has collected around the drain area, use a Mini Brush to clean it out. Explore these options, if the smell does not go away call a dishwasher repairman. It is always good to give your dishwasher a vinegar treatment every once in awhile. Start your dishwasher with nothing in it. Let it fill up and before it starts to wash add 1 cup of vinegar and let the cycle continue. Tip: Things you should never put in the dishwasher: Antique or hand painted china, good crystal glasses or milk glass, Pewter or sterling silver, Cast iron, cooper, or tin pans, good knives, plastic containers or appliances, wooden dishes. Gel type detergents are preferred by many. But actually powdered gets of dried foods better and prevents spotting. Tip: If the coating is wearing off of the wire area in your dishwasher use some silicone caulking to cover them back up, or they will rust.
2016-05-21 03:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without any dishes inside, pour one cup of vinegar in the bottom, and run the dishwasher as you would for a normal load of dishes. Also, clean all around the doors edge, it can get quite a build of gunk on it. It will smell clean and fresh when it's done. Give it a good check and make sure your filters and bottom do not have any food stuck in it too.
2007-04-28 16:27:03 · answer #3 · answered by debijs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put about a half a cup of bleach in it during the wash cycle You will have to stop the dishwasher when it fills up and add the bleach. Just pour it in the bottom and close the door again and start it. To keep it odor free after using the bleach just put a package of koolade lemonade in the rinse cycle every mouth or so.
2007-04-28 15:06:25 · answer #4 · answered by Diana 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they have special cleaners for the dishwashers. They are right by the cascade. I would just run it with dishwasher detergent without dishes and see if that works..if not then try vinegar!!
2007-04-28 17:29:04 · answer #5 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Run it empty with some bleach or one of the commercial dish washer cleaners. Then while you are letting your dish washer get full sprinkle some baking soda in the bottom that should help with the odors.
2007-04-29 08:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Run a cup of vinegar through it, but also make sure that there are no food particles, gunk, or grease in the drain hose, bottom reservoir or other places that it may build up.
2007-04-28 14:44:13 · answer #7 · answered by Megan Michelle 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also use a packet of lemon koolaid and a few tablespoons of baking soda. It removes any stains, and odors that may occour.
2007-04-28 17:40:36 · answer #8 · answered by Lela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stores sell dishwasher cleanser...
2007-04-28 15:23:35 · answer #9 · answered by corsinofour 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put it through a cycle with no dishes and use white vinigar where you would put in the soap .
2007-04-28 14:37:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋