Kitchen

[judy0330]

Thank you all so much!  We don't have hard water and I do clean the trap on the bottom of the dishwasher.  (There is virtually nothing in it because I clean the food off the plates before putting them into the dishwasher.)  I just ordered Lemi Shine from Amazon.  I will also try the vinegar and am glad to hear that @Carmie found a fixable problem.  @Mothertrucker  I checked the Lemi Shine website and it said that it is okay to use in a stainless dishwasher.  I will keep all of you posted!  Thanks again!!

[Sooner]

Don't a lot of those lemon things etch glasses?  I know they are hard on china. 

[sissel]

love my  bosc 3 levels silver rack so quiet I will buy again so sorry you are having problems. have water softner in AZ with so much hard water but love bosch.

[jackthebear]

have you ever taken out the filter and cleaned it

try  a clean cycle with one of those cleaning things,  Affresh is a good brand citric acid based.  

[jackthebear]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

If you operate a dishwasher with very hard water, you should add some citric acid to your washer.  I lived in a place that had such hard water it was virtually undrinkable.  I used powdered citric acid in each load.  My glassware was still etched and cloudy.  When I moved, i threw it all in a dumpster and bought new.  We were able to buy it at Walmart since everyone used it, but hardware stores and I bet, Amazon, have it.

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I ordered a bag of citric acid, it's magic powder !!!! same as Lemishine and all those coffee cleaning things  love it 

[Pooky1]

i have never had that problem and our dw is allmost 10 years old. to clean it i put a cup of baking soda and 2 cups of white vinagar and it allways comes out clean and freah. those 2 thing work togather to really clean dw out. put baking soda first then vinagar and you see it bubble up. love to see the reaction. good luck .

[panda1234]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

If you operate a dishwasher with very hard water, you should add some citric acid to your washer.  I lived in a place that had such hard water it was virtually undrinkable.  I used powdered citric acid in each load.  My glassware was still etched and cloudy.  When I moved, i threw it all in a dumpster and bought new.  We were able to buy it at Walmart since everyone used it, but hardware stores and I bet, Amazon, have it.

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I make my own dishwasher soap. It has citric acid in it and everything comes out squeaky clean. @Kachina624 I have had my Bosch for 4 years....love it.

[Imaoldhippie]

Your problem is caused by hard water build up.  Use a good dishwasher cleaner and run it empty a couple of times.  Then put a dishwasher water softner in it and run a rinse a couple of times.  This should take out the crud build up.

Unless you have a water softner never run your dishwasher without a  softner.  I use Dollar General brand and dont have a problem.

Good luck