our dishwasher is suddenly leaving a chalky/whitish film on our dishes and we have jet dry and good soap?

Question

we already use jet dry and theres enough in it, plus good soap, so what could be happening? we're using the same setting as always. is there something inside that needs to be cleaned out or something? any suggestions are appreciated!

Answer 1

If there is a calcium build up in your machine due to poor water quality (water hardness increase) could be coming off & spotting your plates.
You can add a cup of vinegar in dishwasher and run through a normal cycle to de-lime the machine.
This should fix the problem.

Answer 2

It's caused by hard water.. I do this about once a month... I use sweetened/non sweetened drink mix like TANG, KOOL -Aid or Lemonade mix and I run an empty dish cycle on the hottest cycle.. The citric acid in the drink mix dissolves the hard water build-up and the mix itself freshens the smell of the dishwasher and it cost almost nothing to do.... Just fill both cups and run.... It works good luck....

Answer 3

we had a bad problem with water spots on ours. i found out later that running other appliances during a dish cycle causes it to do a poor job due to the reduction in water temperature. there may be a food trap or something that needs cleaning at the bottom.

Answer 4

You need to get that stuff that to run through the dish washer that cleans it out. I don't mean jet dry either.

Answer 5

Your machine needs a product to de calc it . Calcium builds up eventually but sooner in high calc areas . Are you American i n england our high calc areas are usually in the South I live in Hampshire and it is a high calc area .

Answer 6

run vinegar through a cycle with no dishes in it....this should do the trick...