You are probably suffering from EPA syndrome. Some liberal
socialist decided to order the detergent people to stop
using phosphates in the diswasher detergent. So, now, the
detergents don't work any more. Call, write, or shoot your
local EPA office. Uh, well, you could "shoot them an email"
if you aren't a revolutionary.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Jay Hanig" wrote in message
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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