You Pinspire Me
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with my dishwasher for the last year. I LOVE that I don’t have to wash my dishes myself. I HATE that it sometimes looks like a 5 year old washed my dishes. I’m constantly finding film and grit on the dishes that I pull out of the washer. Come on, dishwasher, pull it together.
I’ve tried the vinegar thing. Not only did it not work, I think it also ate through our rubber hose a few months ago, causing water to leak under our kitchen floor and down into the basement. Awesome. (See this post “Yes, it shines the stainless, but he said it totally eats and rots the rubber hoses and seals.” Super. Wish I knew that before cleaned the washer multiple times with vinegar & subsequently paid $80 to replace the drainage hose.
Anyhow, I had the opportunity to use FINISH dishwasher cleaner the other day. It was really easy to use – just take the lid off, peel back the foil, and set upsidedown in the bottom rack of the empty dishwasher. I ran the washer at the hottest setting possible, opened the door, disposed of the bottle, and marveled at my squeaky-clean dish cleaning machine.
Then, I filled up the rinse aid dispenser with FINISH Turbo Jet-Dry, loaded in the dirty dishes, & let the machine do its magic. Opening the dishwasher revealed truly sparkly dishes. My glassware hasn’t looked that good since we bought them. However, we’re still seeing a bit of grit on our dishes. I’m fairly sure that that’s because there’s actually something wrong with our dishwasher – it’s never worked as well as I feel it should. Oh well – these new FINISH products may not be magic, but they’re definitely going to be stocked in our pantry again!
For more tips & tricks from the FINISH Dishwashing Expert, head over here. Whatever you choose to clean your dishwasher, do your wallet a favour and avoid the vinegar. From my house to yours – trust me -it’s just not worth it.
Do you clean your dishwasher? What do you use to do that? How have you gotten rid of the grit on your dishes?
Disclosure: I am a part of the FINISH Blogger Campaign with MomCentral Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
Jenn vanOosten
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I have tried using CLR to clean my dishwasher. I’m not really sure if it helped or not.
I have the problem with grit on some of my dishes, mainly glasses which is really gross. I read somewhere that it can be caused by the water not being hot enough.
Kirsten – great tip! I’ve been using the super hot water setting the last few nights, and the dishes are definitely coming out with less stuff on them! Thanks! 🙂
I’ve been using Finish for several years – it seemed to work *somewhat* better than the others with my hard water. I’d always add a bunch of vinegar (oops). Once we got our water softener, everything changed. Dishes were clean, glasses sparkled. I use the Finish dishwasher cleaner too – love it.