Dishwasher smells - Page 2

Fressa · ‎03-20-2012

I use those Affresh tablets in mine. I get them at BBB but I've seen them in the grocery stores, etc. These things work.

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

@Burnsite wrote:
I run a dishwasher cycle using a product called Affresh, recommended in the product leaflet. I use it every two months or so, so it lasts longer than 10 days. I wonder if your water pressure is low, and causing less water to circulate during the rinse cycle?.

My washing machine also gets a dose of the washer version of Affresh once in a while.

Another vote here for Affresh. We also use the dishwasher version and the clothes washer version.

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qualitygal · ‎10-04-2010

There is a cleaner for washing machines, that might work in a dishwasher. However, first, I'd call that company and see what they say about that. They have hoses too.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

@Still Raining wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
If you don't have Mr. Scrappy you need to get one! It is a brush that cleans the garbage disposal in a way nothing else does!

Amazon used to have then and maybe still does! But in any case everyone needs one of these and it is something I learned about on these boards!

And the underside of the skirt. My &$# how can people live with that. Rant over.
@Still Raining Yes, I would stick my hand in on the underside right near the top. Would use a paper towel and the stuff that came out was horrible! I got rid of the garbage disposal.

@proudlyfromNJ @Still Raining

Mr. Scrappy does that too. You just raise it up and the top of the brushes will get around that flap in the disposer.

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

clean the DW filter

clean the DW

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@zitawins I agree with @Sooner .

I do run my dishes under water and drag a plastic net scrubber over them. No, they're not washed. (No soap.)

Food goes down the sink disposal. I don't ever put my pots and pans in the dish washer and I do run it with clorox from time to time.

Your dishwasher is connected to your kitchen sink. If you don't have a disposal, that may be the issue.

Judaline · ‎03-10-2010

OMgosh, I have this problem. I have done everything here but the Clorox. I'm not comfortable using it on something I eat off. Anyway, I had a Kenmore and got a new Kenmore when the old one died after 20 years. I think from day 1 the new one smelled. Kind of a wet dog smell tinged with creek water. Yep. Bad. I called them to come out 3X while it was still under warranty. I asked them if it could have been hooked up wrong, NOPE. How about the disposal backing up? Nope. "Everything looks good." The only thing that works at all is switching the detergent as soon as it starts up. (I often got rid of the smell when I switched) I keep switching. I always rinse my dishes first. I would never put anything that had egg on it into the dishwasher till it was clean. My first Kenmore NEVER did this. So I'm stuck with what I have. I tried the heated dry and really liked the results, but it still smelled. Thank you so much for posting this stinky problem.

EatWell · ‎12-31-2012

@zitawins wrote:
We have a fairly new (three years old) GE dishwasher that regularly smells fishy when I go to take out the dishes. I sometimes run it again with another hot rinse or take out the dishes and wash by hand.

We had a serviceman out who said to run bleach and hot water through the cycle because bacteria gets caught in the hose. We do that and it lasts maybe 10 days and then the smell is back. It's so annoying and distasteful.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Are we the only ones who have this problem?

thanks!

@zitawins

Try a 16 oz. bottle of white distilled vinegar next time you run your dishwasher.

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

I grew up in NJ and never heard of a garbage disposal. Have lived in a few other states and never heard of them there either. Have been in NY for forty years and my boss had one. That's when I got one but couldn't clean it so goodby it went. They may be a regional thing.