As I put a dish into the dishwasher I thought to myself, “🤔 I haven’t cleaned the filter in a while.” So I took it out and gave it a real good blast with piping hot water from the kitchen sink. I even scraped some of the gunk off with a dish brush to the point where I couldn’t find a single mote of gunk upon careful examination.
Then I proceeded to refill the rinse aid (even though it wasn’t empty) and–as usual–spilled that stuff all over the interior door in the process. Is it even possible to not spill the rinse aid when refilling it? 🤔
My journey didn’t end there, however! I then proceeded to walk the entirety of my home searching for cups and plates that may have been left behind by my children, found several, and it was enough that it nearly filled the dishwasher racks; bottom and top.
The dishwasher has been started; the wait begins.
You must log in or register to comment.
I don’t have a dishwasher so I don’t know if this would work, but I recently used denture cleaning tablets to clean the mesh filters in an extractor over the stove. It was a tip from a TV show, and it was really effective.
That might be OK but don’t put denture tablets into your dishwasher. There’s two problems:
- Denture tablets are meant to work inside a single glass of water overnight. Dishwashers will use 3-4 gallons of water, so you’d need a lot of tablets for it to actually do anything at all.
- Denture tablets often have “flavoring” that’s meant to stick to the dentures long after using them. The hot water of the dishwasher can amplify that effect, leaving your dishes tasting like mint for a few cycles. Not a big deal (it’s not toxic or anything) but mint flavor doesn’t go well with everything 😁
