On Wed 10 Sep 2008 12:15:57p, told us...

I bought a new condo and my water is very hard. Whenever I use the
dishwasher I get white flaky residue on everything. I read to try
vinegar. I let the vinegar sit for several hours with the bottom full
of vinegar. Then I ran it a little to circulate the vinegar and let
it sit again. I then ran it through a complete cycle with no dishes
or detergent so as to rinse the vinegar out. I still get chunks of
stuff on all the dishes. The silverware especially looks horrible -
caked on white film with small bits of white flaky substance and food
particles.

Do you think I need a new dishwasher or is there some 'smoking gun'
you see?

Start using a product called Lemi-Shine with every load of dishes you wash.
It will clear up the problem you now have and prevent problems in the
future. It will also prevent hard water etching of china and glassware.
It comes in a cannister and is usually found where the dishwasher
detergents are sold. It's usually available at Wal-Mart.

To use Lemi-Shine, fill the closed cup with Lemi-Shine and the open cup
with regular granular dishwasher detergent (do use the gels).

We live in a very hard water area and this is the only way we can
effectivelly use our dishwasher. We use it with every load and everything
sparkles. The dishwasher itself it totally free of deposits on the inside.

HTH

--
Wayne Boatwright

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