Dishwasher Stains

[myhooverco]

Would anyone know how to clean the tub of a plastic lined newer dishwasher? The stain is spaghetti sauce and has covered most of the interior of the tub. It is a Kenmore dishwasher less than 10 years old. This is for a friend of mine. I told her that I would ask the experts for some advice on what she should do. The dishwasher works great and she wants to keep it. Thanks in advance!

--Tom

 

[SactoTeddyBear]

Re: Dishwasher Cleaner:

Hi! Tom, I've not tried this product as of yet, but it has been Advertised on TV. It is Jet-Dry Dishwasher Cleaner. You take the Label off of the Cap {don't remove the cap} place the Plastic Bottle Upside-Down in the Silverware Basket and run the Dishwasher through a Normal Cycle. Do not run Dishwasher with this product with any Dishes, Glasses or Silverware in the Dishwasher, it must be empty, except for the Racks and Silver Basket. When the Dishwasher completes the Cycle, remove and discard the Bottle.

I hope that this helps your Friend, with their Stained Dishwasher problem. Please report back to us and let us know.

I'm wondering if anyone else has tried this Product as of yet, who can tell everyone else the results of how well it works for cleaning out the Plastic Interiors of Dishwashers.

Peace and Good Dishwasher Cleaning Days, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

 

[SactoTeddyBear]

Re: BTW:

I forgot to mention that on the back of the Dishwasher Interior Cleaner, it shows that it is a part of the Electrosol products Company.

Peace and Good Times, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

 

[maytagbear]

There are several ways to attack this

Since this is a food stain, and not a rust stain, there are lots of options to deal with this.

Perhaps the easiest way is to get a tube of Cascade Plastic Booster and follow the directions. This is what I would do. I am a big believer in Cascade Plastic Booster, and get a tube of it every few months.

Another way is citric acid, like in Tang, or better yet, plain citric acid, which can be had without a prescription from most pharmacies. Fill both dispenser cups.

Yet another way is to run a full cycle, but no load, no detergent, but use chlorine bleach. Put it directly in the sump of the machine. More than a half cup. Check midway through the cycle, and add more, if needed.

In the course of dishwasher problems, this is an annoying, but generally not fatal issue.

I bet there might be other ways, but these three methods have worked for me in the testing called "real" life.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[thor]

White vinegar

I used to have a dishwasher with white enamelled interior. The white interior would get stained due to normal use. Every two or three months I would run an otherwise empty heated cycle with half a quart of white distilled vinegar, which I poured into the dishwasher at the start of the main wash portion of the cycle. The normal cycle of that dishwasher started with a short pre-rinse, then drained and advanced into the main wash. It was then when I poured the vinegar inside the dishwasher, closed the door and let the dishwasher finish the whole cycle. With this method the dishwasher would get sparkling clean again.

I have an SS interior dishwasher now, and I do the same thing now and then to keep the SS shining clean.

Emilio

 

[rinso]

Jet-Dry Dishwasher Cleaner. I used that stuff in my mom's 2 year-old BOL RCA. The motor seal died within two days. Cheap dishwasher, or did the cleaner damage the seal? No way to know.

 

[magic clean]

Try a product called Cascade Plastic Booster for you poly-tub machine. With an empty dishwasher, start the Normal cycle with Hi Temperature option enabled; allow it to advance to the main wash. Squeeze the contents of an entire tube of plastic booster into the bottom of the tub. Allow the machine to complete its cycle and you'll find a nicely whitened-brightened dishwasher interior.

http://www.homemadesimple.com/sites/en_US/cascade/products/booster.shtml

 

[brisnat81]

Jet Dry Dishwasher cleaner

We call it Finish dishwasher cleaner, and I've used it regularily in half dozen different machines from 6 months old, to 30 years old, and it hasnt caused any damage to date.

Its great at removing limescale buildup from the sump, it removes tomato stains from the plastic components inside the dishwasher and generally keeps it fresh and clean.

My DW's are all stainless so I dont know if it will work on plastic, but the basket wheels all come clean and lose the pink colouring of the tomato.

 

[paulg]

1975 suggestion

According to my 1975 appliance repair guide, "Stains can usually be removed by adding half a cup of citric acid crystals (available at drug stores) to clear water in the longest cycle of the dishwasher."
Bear in mind that that was 1975 and I've had a gin-and-tonic after a tooo-long day at work.

 

[myhooverco]

THANK YOU!

I will pass the information on that you all have given. I knew that you guys would have a simple solution to this problem. Thank you for sharing you wisdom on this matter. I am sure that she can now look forward to clean dishes and a sparkling dishwasher interior.

--Tom

 

[vivalalavatrice]

Spaghetti in DW?!?!?

It means that you haven't eaten them all! LOL )

Anyway, the common DW cleaner you can buy on trade are quite good to clean the interior... I don't use to make them run very often but at least twice a year (if not twice a month!) every DW needs a clean up of the interior... obviuosly it depends on how often do you use it.

Good Bye
Diomede

 

[tomturbomatic]

Tom, please also tell your friend that if he will use a gel dishwasher detergent with chlorine on a regular basis, these stains will not form. Some of us use the enzyme stuff in the first wash and the chlorinated gel in the second wash to keep plastic containers from developing stains. He does not have to use it every time he runs the dishwasher, but regular use will help the stain situation from developing.

Maytag told us at a meeting many years ago that they would be going to stainless steel tubs in all of their dishwashers because eventually chlorine would no longer be used in dishwasher detergents and plastic tubs would get awful stains. That idea got off the ground, but did not quite clear the trees at the end of the runway so we still have some plastic tub Maytag dishwashers.