Apparently pre-rinsing confuses the dishwasher or something. Not doing it leaves me with residue all over the other dishes though 🤷

  • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    5 days ago
    1. use powdered detergent, the cheapest available. NOT PODS
    2. Buy rinse aid.
    3. fill the rinse aid compartment
    4. fill the given soap cup all the way AND the prewash. Sometimes the prewash is just an indention in the little door flap for the soap cup. If you dont have one, just sprinkle like 30% of the amount of powder you put in the cup.
    5. if theyre still coming out with residue, consider cleaning/descaling the jets, the filter, and try putting less dishes in.
    6. if that all fails, read the manual. The dishwasher company wants it to work. They know how it works. They wrote a guide. Look up something like “whirlpool washomatic manual” or whatever is printed on the front of it/inside the door. Mine has a sticker with instructions.

    Ive dealt with 5 dishwashers that “dont work” and after kindly instructimg the owner over the course of maybe 15 minutes, they save 30 mins a day washing dishes. Still less water/energy (water heater) to run twice than handwash once.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzOP
      4·
      5 days ago

      fill the given soap cup all the way

      One thing I’ve learnt from this thread is that this isn’t necessarily right. Its size allows for people with hard water, but if your water is soft then by filling it all rhe way you are likely using too much, which can lead to residue on your dishes. For soft water, half filling is apparently often plenty. Which is another reason to use powder not pods.

    • zoltanshields@lemmy.zip
      21·
      5 days ago

      Powdered dish detergent and running the water until it gets hot before starting the dishwasher seem to make a difference for me

    • Dettweiler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      22·
      5 days ago

      Also run the tap on your sink until the water turns hot, then start the dishwasher.

      A majority of the gunk removal happens during the pre-wash cycle. Hot water greatly helps with this.