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Dishwashers - using vinegar instead of rinse aid
Mickey Zalusky wrote: > I recent heard that filling the rinse aid compartment in your dishwasher > is an inexpensive alternative to using rinse aid. Has anyone out there > ever tried this? Does it work? Any concerns about the vinegar harming > the dishwasher components? Believe it or not, I tried it in my dishwasher. I live in an extremely hard water area and had a lot of problems with getting the dishes streak free. The vinegar in the rinse aid dispenser did not really help. I think that there was not enough dispensed to make a difference. Your water might not be as hard and it might work fine for you. It won't hurt the components of the dishwasher. I used to throw in a quarter-cup of vinegar into the final rinse and then everything was beautiful. I have switched to the Cascade "2 in 1 Action Pacs" that have (I think) Dawn detergent in the "bubble". They get everything cleaner and better looking than anything else ever has. I use one and run a "normal" cycle with Jet Dry in the dispenser. I don't really care if they cost more as long as my dishes look good enough to use without my baby sitting the dishwasher and throwing vinegar into the final rinse. I hope this helps a bit. LaUna |
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Dishwashers - using vinegar instead of rinse aid
Bill wrote:
> > in article , Wayne at > wrote on 11/07/04 14:45: > > > Dishwasher "cleaners" contain far stronger > > acid in them and apparently do no damage. > > Dish washer detergents are basic not acidic. Yes, but dishwasher 'cleaners' (to clean the dishwasher, not the dishes)are acidic. |
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Dishwashers - using vinegar instead of rinse aid
Bill > wrote in news:BD187994.2345%
: > in article , Wayne at > wrote on 11/07/04 14:45: > >> Dishwasher "cleaners" contain far stronger >> acid in them and apparently do no damage. > > > Dish washer detergents are basic not acidic. > Oops! Sorry, I misread. Yes, I did say that, and it's true. I wasn't speaking about the dishwasher detergents. I was speaking about the cleaners designed to actually clean the machine. -- Wayne in Phoenix If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. |
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Dishwashers - using vinegar instead of rinse aid
Bill > wrote in
: > in article , Wayne at > wrote on 12/07/04 21:38: > >>> Dish washer detergents are basic not acidic. >>> >> >> Oops! Sorry, I misread. Yes, I did say that, and it's true. I >> wasn't speaking about the dishwasher detergents. I was speaking >> about the cleaners designed to actually clean the machine. > > That's OK. I read 'cleaner' as 'detergent' so we both get to stand in > the corner. No problem. > BTW many 'detergent' compounds contain agents designed to combat the > build up of hard water salts but in areas of extreme water hardness, > they may not be all that effective thus the need for an acidic > 'cleaner' which if compounded correctly will not harm the dish washer. > > B Yes, that's so. Over the past year I've been using Costco's brand of DW detergent as it's supposedly formulated specifically for our area. There has been much less buildup than with previous detergents. -- Wayne in Phoenix If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. |
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