On Wed 10 Sep 2008 02:54:43p, charlie told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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On Wed 10 Sep 2008 01:39:23p, charlie told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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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

what's in it? i found that putting a cup of vinegar in the bottom for
each load does the same thing for us. we're in a very hard water area
too.

The container states "real fruit acids, natural citrus oils,
fragrance". I
would assume citric acid.

At what point in the cycle do you add the cup of vinegar? I've tried
using
vinegar, first adding it before starting the cycle, but that did not
prevent clouding of glassware. It seemed to work reasonably well if
added to either of the final rinse cycles, but waiting around to do
that was a PITA.

i just pour it in when i load the dishwasher. our dishes and glasses
used to come out cloudy, and since i started using vinegar, they look
like new. i don't need to use any rinse aid (jet-dri) now either.

I assume you're using regular 5% white vinegar. I may have to give this
another try.

Thanks...

--
Wayne Boatwright

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