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How to clean your own dishwasher inside

dishwasher cleaningUsing a dishwasher for six months, a year, people begin to think about how to clean it. Over time, a rather large amount of dirt accumulates in the dishwasher (for the most part food debris), which begins to decompose and give off an unpleasant odor. Add colonies of pathogenic microbes and mold here, and you will get the main hotbed of infection, threatening you and your household. So how do you clean the dishwasher and keep it clean? We will talk about this in this article.

Cleaning the dishwasher from food debris

According to the instructions, dirty dishes must be cleaned of food debris before being put into the dishwasher, but users usually either do not fulfill this requirement at all or do it without due care. What this leads to is not difficult to guess. Over time, food debris clogs the trash filter, drain grill, drain hose, door, and other internal parts. In principle, if you are too lazy to thoroughly clean the plates of food debris each time before washing, you can not do this, but note that in this case, you will have to wash the car more often.

There is nothing complicated here. If you use the dishwasher every day, then “general” cleaning should be done once a week. If the machine is used less often, then expect that cleaning should be arranged after 7-10 tabs of dishes. So, how to clean the dishwasher from food debris and other dirt accumulated inside?

  • Turn off the water and unplug the power cord from the outlet; the dishwasher should be completely de-energized.
  • Open the door completely and remove the basket for dishes and utensils from the tank.
  • Pour water into a deep basin or even a bath, dissolve the dishwashing liquid in it and soak the baskets that have been removed from the dishwasher. In 30-40 minutes, a coating of grease and dirt should be wet.
  • We pass to the tank of the dishwasher. We inspect the filler holes, if dirt adheres to them, we clean it very carefully, you can use a thin wire for this.
  • We take a rag from a coarse cloth, an old toothbrush and a little concentrated dishwashing detergent, and we begin to wash the ends of the door and the inner walls of the tank, remembering to periodically put a little detergent on the rag. Normal dirt (with the exception of mold stains) and grease deposits in this way can be washed perfectly.

Important! The inner walls of the tank of the dishwasher are made of stainless steel, however, abrasive cleaners should not be used for their continuous cleaning. Use this chemistry only as a last resort.

  • Remove the sprinkler bar and wipe it from dirt with the same rag with detergent. clean the filterNext, unscrew the waste filter and remove the mesh, they must also be washed thoroughly.
  • Now we pour clean warm water into a bucket or basin, take a sponge and wash the tank walls from the remnants of the product, then put the mesh in place and screw the waste filter back in.
  • We get our wet baskets for dishes, wash them thoroughly with a sponge, and then rinse in clean water and put them in place. The “general” washing of the dishwasher is over.

What to do if mold starts up?

If during the inspection of the tank of the dishwasher you find stains of black mold, then in this case you will need "heavy artillery", a simple cleaning with a dishwashing detergent will not work. First, evaluate the extent of the dishwasher’s mold damage, the more it is, the more concentrated the product will be. How to clean the "dishwasher" from mold at home?

  1. We take a bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the pharmacy, bring it home, and generously moisten a rag with it.
  2. Then thoroughly wipe with peroxide the mold spots themselves and the places around them.
  3. We give the dishwasher to stand for 1.5-2 hours.
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Note! If possible, the door of the dishwasher should be kept ajar, this will prevent the formation of mold.

  1. We take a bottle of the cheapest "White", soak a rag in it and again wipe the places of accumulation of mold. Do not forget to wear rubber gloves when working with chemistry.
  2. We wait another 2-3 hours, then rinse the dishwasher with warm, clean water.

If this method does not help completely get rid of mold, then either you incorrectly assessed the affected area with the fungus, or you need to repeat the treatment with chemistry, but hold it longer, for example 5-6 hours. You can also further treat mold stains with concentrated acetic acid.

Be careful! If mold has formed on rubber seals, membranes and other “delicate” materials, vinegar essence cannot be used. Walls from "stainless steel" withstand such an execution.

How to clean the outside of the dishwasher?

glass cleanerFrom a technical point of view, the condition of the outer surfaces of the dishwasher does not affect its operability, but this does not mean at all that the outer part of the case must be covered with dirt. The Bosch (or other brand) dishwasher control panel must be cleaned with a glass cleaner. In principle, it can also be used to care for all the outer surfaces of the dishwasher, because it is convenient to use and does not leave dirty stains.

If there are grease or other dirt stains on the outer surfaces of the dishwasher, you can pour a little dishwashing detergent on the cloth and apply it to the stains. After 10-15 minutes, wipe the product off the surface with dirt. After that, it is already possible to treat the walls with a glass cleaner and wipe everything clean.

Important! Do not use products containing alkali, hydrochloric or sulfuric acid to clean the outside of the dishwasher. For example, you can not use such means as "White", "Domestos", "Shining bathroom" and the like.

How to save ten from scale without disassembling the machine?

Dirty plaque, mold and grease stains are not the only dishwasher scourge. Even if you keep your “home assistant” in perfect cleanliness, it can still fail. The fact is that due to excessively hard water, a scale layer forms on the heating element, which, accumulating over time, can damage the heater and send your “dishwasher” to a repair shop or even to a scrap.

To rid the dishwasher of scale, periodic preventative cleaning with citric acid is necessary. Annoying advertisers offer consumers not to remove scale, but to prevent it by softening the water with special descaling agents such as Kalgonit and others. A person buys expensive capsules, sincerely hoping that for him the problem of scale is removed, and then it suddenly happens that when executing the washing program does not heat up water in the dishwasher and it turns out that the ten failed.

Most dishwasher repair technicians strongly discourage the use of water softeners. Such funds give effect only to their manufacturers, since they bring huge profits, they will not protect from a dishwasher scale. It is quite enough to pour 200 g of citric acid into the detergent tray every six months and start the idle washing program. To get rid of a small layer of scale, this will be enough. And most importantly, everything is cheap and cheerful!

Note! If you have not cleaned the dishwasher with citric acid for several years, and the water in the water supply is hard, it will be more reasonable to make 2-3 cleanings with an interval of 1-2 days.

In order for the dishwasher to serve for a long time and break down as little as possible, it is necessary to properly care for it. It is important to clean it from dirt, grease, mold from time to time, as well as carry out a “fight against scale” and then your “dishwasher” will always smell good, and the dishes from it will come out perfectly clean.

   

8 reader comments

  1. Gravatar Nezmeyan Nezmeyana:

    What nonsense.
    The typewriter is 7 years old, I never washed it, it is clean !!!! In it, dishes are washed every day and the machine itself is washed from the inside. And I will never pre-soak the dishes, carefully scrape away the remnants of food (something large, such as banana skins or eggs, of course I’ll throw it away).
    Once every 3 months I fill up salt, the filter is nearby, if something like a bone from a fish or cherry or chicken is stuck in it, then I pull it out ... I repeat, every 3 months, why go there more often?
    Mold? Where is she from??? Hello, people, so that the mold does not part, you must leave the car door ajar if you do not use it every day (if each mold does not start .. it molds hot at 60 degrees every day). The same applies to the washing machine ... i.e. Dry the machine itself after washing and washing.

    • Gravatar Anya Anya:

      In my typewriter, too, there is no mold and never has been. I still open the door. You never know. In my Indesit, excess moisture is not needed. Need to clean - that's for sure. Not often, but necessary.

      • Gravatar Sergey Sergei:

        I leave the door ajar, too, because it is so in the instructions. There, on the mount, there is even a special drawstring so that the door is automatically locked ajar to the thickness of a finger (they are also found in some stoves). And all the same, before loading I clean up the pollution by the express method - I dousing it with hot water with a shower head. And never any food residue in the filter (no seeds, no scales). In general - it is better not to delay washing and not to allow dirty dishes to dry. If you have a big lunch - immediately spray the used dishes and - into the car, and when it is full, turn them on.

  2. Gravatar Oda Oh yeah:

    I completely agree with the previous comment, in general then it is better not to have a dishwasher, or not to use it.

  3. Gravatar Chip Chip:

    The machine must be opened a little after washing! Turn on the brain! If there is no way out of moisture, then it will divorce everywhere .... even in the head!

  4. Gravatar Mack Poppy:

    They never kept the door ajar and no mold. Dishwasher 6 years.

  5. Gravatar Sergey Sergei:

    And here's another way - periodically drive the car idle.

  6. Gravatar Alex Alex:

    The typewriter is 10 years old, she began to wash with white stains. The cleaning did not help.

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