Today let’s talk about how you can clean your dishwasher with the latest dishwashers in you don’t really need to rinse your vessels or wash your vessels before you put it in the dishwasher,
So there is a lot of food residue that is remaining in the plates and the vessels that you use in your dishwasher on a very frequent basis after every single wash there is a lot of residue like soap scum, grease as well as salt residue that gets left over in your dishwasher which needs to be cleaned on a frequent basis,
If you don’t do this cleaning it hampers the life of your modern dishwasher as well as the working day-to-day itself you might start seeing some residue left on your vessels even after washing and that’s the reason why it is critical to make sure that we clean the dishwasher on a regular basis.
So there are a couple of things that you can do before we get started on how you can organize your home in order to remove all the residue smell soaps scum, salt and so on from your dishwasher there are a few things that you can do on a regular basis the first thing you need to do is-
Smart Ways to Clean your Dishwasher
1- Clean your tray after every single use
Like we said there is a lot of residue that gets left on vessels that actually get collected in the tray, now this clogs the drain and creates a very horrible smell in your dishwasher itself every time you open your dishwasher. I start to see some soak residue in my dishwasher and there is a need for me to start cleaning my dishwasher on a more frequent basis.
In order to clean the drain take it off its position at the bottom of the dishwasher keep it in a solution of water and baking soda for about half an hour
This allows the baking soda to act and remove the grease from the drain itself and then you can use a mild scrub to scrub out the residue of particles and grease on the drain and then you can put it back. This firstly helps you to clear out your drain avoid a lot of unnecessary smell and the recommendation is that you need to do this at least once a month.
2- Use Vinegar to Clean and Deodorise
Second recommendation to get rid of the smell from your dishwasher is to use vinegar now vinegar is a multi-purpose cleaner and it can help to deodorize so to say your dishwasher all you need to do is take one cup of vinegar in a dishwasher safe container and keep it in the middle tray or the top ring and run a full cycle with just vinegar in the dishwasher this helps to clean out the grunt from the walls of the dishwasher as well as remove some amount of salt now after you run the vinegar.
3- Use Baking Soda to Remove Grease
If you’re still seeing a lot of smell or if you’re still seeing a lot of dirt settled in the walls of your dishwasher you can use baking soda, now baking soda is another multi-purpose cleaner that can be used, it is stronger than vinegar and can be used on a very frequent basis for cleaning a number of things.
According to Sparkle and Shine, baking soda remove the hard water deposits inside your dishwasher that accumulates inside your dishwasher.
So what you need to do is take about a 1/4th cup of baking soda with 1 cup of white vinegar and put it at the bottom of your dishwasher and run about half an hour cycle to make sure that the baking soda works its charm once this is done.
If you’re still seeing a little bit of grunt on your dishwasher i recommend you take a toothbrush and mildly clean the areas where you’re still seeing a grunt.
4- Use a Descaler to remove Salt Residue
The fourth recommendation is to use a descaler now you can use a descaler on a frequent basis, once a month is the recommendation this is primarily to remove the salts that are formed by the hard water you will see a lot of salt residue at the bottom of your dishwasher,
in mind i see it very close to the doors itself at the place where the door closes and normally i would just clean it off with a cloth but it is recommended that you use a dishwasher descaler on a frequent basis to make sure that
the functioning of your dishwasher is not handled. A quick way to identify if you really need to descale your dishwasher is if you start seeing some salt residue on your vessels after washing itself this is a telltale sign that your dishwasher is getting scaled and it needs to be descaled pretty quickly.
5- Clean the Fans
The last but not the least is to make sure that the fans in your dishwasher are working fine in a two to three month frequency try to remove the fans you can just unscrew them fairly easily take a toothpick and poke a hole within the holes of the fans itself to make sure that if there are any residues that are stuck within the holes itself.
you’re able to take it out and then run your fans under running water to make sure that you get rid of all the residue that is there it is recommended that you do this on a fairly frequent basis
once in two to three months to make sure that the flow of water to your vessels from the fans is not hampered.
According to The Maids set your dishwasher temperature to a minimum of 49 degree celcius(120 fahrenheit) for proper cleaning.
So these were the top recommendations on how you can clean your dishwasher just to summarize some of them you need to do on a monthly basis like cleaning your drains using vinegar and baking soda as well as using a descaler some of them you can just do it once in two to three months like cleaning the fans itself and you can increase the life of your dishwasher.
