I have never been a huge fan of the giant machine that is supposedly for cleaning things that, if you load in those things while they actually need cleaned it just makes everything worse.
I understand it sanitizes, which is particularly important in a restaurant setting, but my home isn’t a restaurant. What do I need this “washing” device that can’t handle anything that isn’t already washed for?
I’ve never had one that could. They’ve always just spread whatever’s on the dishes onto everything that’s in there. If the maintenance that might correct that is something a non mechanically inclined person could do, I’d be happy to learn!
The trick is cleaning the filter. If it gets clogged, the guck has nowhere to go. This guy has a pretty straightforward tutorial. It only takes a few minutes, but if you’re having trouble finding the filter, DM me a picture of the inside of your dishwasher (with the bottom rack pulled out as far as it goes).
I never got why people keep prewashing things they put into their dishwasher. I just remove leftover food which could get stuck in the filter and put it in. No prewashing required, things come out clean 99% of the time. Done this with very old and very new machines.
Not sure why this is not working for everyone.
If it’s not actually cleaning it without pre-wash, then something is wrong. I think a lot of people don’t realize they have filters that need to be cleaned. The second I spot and unclean dish I pull the filter out and clean it.
I only end up rinsing out some, not most, dishes cause I know they’ll be sitting in there a few days. I don’t want to deal with the smell of stuff going bad.
I have never been a huge fan of the giant machine that is supposedly for cleaning things that, if you load in those things while they actually need cleaned it just makes everything worse.
I understand it sanitizes, which is particularly important in a restaurant setting, but my home isn’t a restaurant. What do I need this “washing” device that can’t handle anything that isn’t already washed for?
A dishwasher should be able to clean things on its own with proper detergent and loading (not blocking soiled areas).
If it doesn’t, it needs maintenance.
I’ve never had one that could. They’ve always just spread whatever’s on the dishes onto everything that’s in there. If the maintenance that might correct that is something a non mechanically inclined person could do, I’d be happy to learn!
The trick is cleaning the filter. If it gets clogged, the guck has nowhere to go. This guy has a pretty straightforward tutorial. It only takes a few minutes, but if you’re having trouble finding the filter, DM me a picture of the inside of your dishwasher (with the bottom rack pulled out as far as it goes).
I’ll give it a try!
I never got why people keep prewashing things they put into their dishwasher. I just remove leftover food which could get stuck in the filter and put it in. No prewashing required, things come out clean 99% of the time. Done this with very old and very new machines. Not sure why this is not working for everyone.
That has literally never worked for me with any unit I’ve ever had, but I also rent so maybe the units I’ve been provided all suck.
If it’s not actually cleaning it without pre-wash, then something is wrong. I think a lot of people don’t realize they have filters that need to be cleaned. The second I spot and unclean dish I pull the filter out and clean it.
I only end up rinsing out some, not most, dishes cause I know they’ll be sitting in there a few days. I don’t want to deal with the smell of stuff going bad.