badgolferman wrote:
Jay Hanig wrote:

I live in a coastal community on a North Carolina barrier island in a
house I inherited from my father. I've noticed a film on the
silverware I've run through the dishwasher that is difficult to
remove. Just rubbing it with a damp towel won't do it but using
Bartenders Friend cleans it up nicely. Still, I shouldn't have to
clean most of the silverware that's been through the dishwasher.

I've tried running CLR followed by vinegar through it. I have tried
using Jet Dry along with the Cascade Powder I generally use.

The dishwasher is a Maytag MDB9100AWQ of indeterminate age. The
house was built in 1983 but the dishwasher has probably been replaced
at least once. It still runs very quietly and aside from the film
problem, I have no complaints with it.

I'm told our water here is very hard. I don't have a problem with
rust stains and anything you soap up rinses off very quickly. So
what should I do? Am I at the point I need a new dishwasher?



Jay

My brand new Whirlpool was doing this too. I got on the phone with the
customer support and they blamed the phosphate-free detergents. His
solution was to use Jet-Dry and most importantly -- run the sink water
until it gets as hot as you can stand before starting the dishwasher.
That seems to have helped a lot.
Hmmm,
There is dish washer with built-in heater or steam generator. Sounds
silly doing that wasting water.