Dishwashers!

Can you stand it? I'm going to give you some tips on dishwashers now!

Today dishwashers use less water and are a whole lot quieter. What more could you want? (I know, we always want more, don't we?)

As with laundry, using too much detergent is a bad thing. Newer dishwashers use less water. Less water, less detergent! (Where have we heard that before?) Never, Never, Never, Ever use the little gel packs or any pre-measured packet of detergent. They may be 'convenient', but they are more trouble than they are worth. Most of the time they are too much. Even a full load doesn't need that much detergent. Too much detergent can ruin seals and water gets where you don't want it. Then you have to call the repairman.

Here too, we are using detergent and not soap. We DO NOT want suds. Suds in a dishwasher can spell disaster. No one needs water all over the floor. Unless of course you are scrubbing the floor, but even then too much of a good thing is bad. (Even I don't want to have to do that!)

Using too much detergent can ruin your dishes. Do your glasses look foggy and feel like they have a film on them. What has happened is "you are using too much detergent"! The detergent has eaten the finish off of your dishes. Do you rinse your dishes before loading them? Stop It!!! You spend money on detergent, let it do it's job. If your dishes are not getting clean if you don't rinse them, you have other issues.

Make sure nothing is blocking the spray arms. Also make sure nothing is in the way for the water spray to get to the detergent cup. The cup needs to have water hit it to get all the detergent out so it can do it's job. Make sure nothing is nesting. The water has to be able to get to all surfaces to clean them.

If your dishes are still not clean, it's time to call the repairman. Or get a new dishwasher.

Save Money! Stop using too much detergent!