Dishwasher Cleaners

A dishwasher is a device designed to care for dishes, but you also need to take care of the dishwasher, otherwise it will cease to fulfill its function at one, not too fine moment. To care for the dishwasher efficiently and comprehensively, you need to find and purchase a good detergent for cleaning dishwashers. How to get a good dishwasher cleaner or how to cook it yourself, we’ll talk about this later.

Manual or automatic cleaning?

Many people for some reason think that if they bought a good dishwasher cleaner and cleaned according to the instructions, then nothing more needs to be done. This is actually not the case. Only automatic cleaning will not help rid the machine of all the dirt, you need to do a little work with your hands. Experts recommend starting with manual cleaning. We will not separately tell how to perform manual cleaning in the framework of this article, you can find out about this in the article How to clean your own dishwasher.

It is enough to say what needs to be cleaned:

• trash filter;
• the space under the impeller;
• impeller nozzles;
• the walls of the tank of the dishwasher;
• baskets for dishes;
• rubber seals.

Once the above items are thoroughly cleaned, you can proceed to automatic cleaning of the dishwasher. It will save all parts and assemblies from mold, scale and other contaminants that cannot be removed manually. Conclusion - in order to clean the dishwasher from various kinds of contaminants, it is first necessary to manually brush, and then machine clean with a special tool and then you can count on your dishwasher to serve you “faithfully” for many years.

A review of the best store cleaning products

We figured out the algorithm for cleaning the dishwasher, now it remains to choose a high-quality and safe tool for automatic cleaning. It is very important that the product not only effectively copes with mold, grease, scale, but also does not harm the vulnerable parts of your dishwasher, for example, rubber bands. To make it easier for you to choose a product, we have done a short review of cleaning products that you can purchase at a hardware store.

Note! Finish brand is traditionally a monopolist in the Russian market in the segment of cleaning products for dishwashers, but recently worthy competitors have started to appear on it.

1. Calgonit Fusion Power. An effective and safe dishwasher cleaner for the Finish range. Calgonit Fusion Power from Finish has two layers of cleaning fluid: blue and clear. Blue will deal with greasy coating and will ensure the disinfection of the machine, including the removal of mold, and the transparent layer is designed to fight against scale. The manufacturer of the product recommends cleaning once a month. The average price of 1 bottle of 250 ml is 300 rubles.
2. Finish Rinse. A powerful, concentrated but safe dishwasher cleaner made in Japan. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that the product creates a special chemical layer on the surface of machine parts, which prevents the deposition of fat, mold and bacteria on them. The components of the product effectively destroy scale, and for some time do not allow it to form. Cleaning should be done every 4 months. The average cost of a 60 ml bottle is 400 rubles.

Important! Finish Rinse cannot be used to clean a dishwasher that does not have a rinse aid dispenser.

3. UniPlus Dishwasher cleaner from Germany.Cleans the dishwasher from all types of contaminants, including fat, creating a protective film inside that prevents the growth of bacteria and mold. By cleaning once every 2 months, along with manual cleaning, you completely protect your machine from bacteria, scale, mold and grease. The cleaning fluid is packaged in 250 ml packages, the average cost is 500 rubles per 1 bottle.
   
4. Rinnova Lavastoviglie. A very high-quality Italian dishwasher cleaner. It not only removes lime and greasy deposits, bacteria and mold, but also creates an obstacle to their further formation.. Use the product once every 3 months. The price of a bottle of 280 ml is 470 rubles.

Recipes for the Best Home Cleansers

Finish Dishwasher Cleaner is certainly not a “panacea”. Experienced housewives argue that you don’t have to buy a store cleaner at all in order to save your “iron assistant” from grease and dirt, you can make such a product yourself. But here is the problem, there are a lot of recipes for dishwasher detergents on the Internet, but it is not clear which one is truly safe and effective. Our experts have decided to pick up for you the recipes of the best home cleaning products for dishwashers, here they are.

• Cleaning with baking soda and vinegar. Cleaning is done like this. We take out the dust filter from the dishwasher along with the wire mesh, take out the basket for dishes and the impeller. We wash these parts in a basin with soapy water. Then we put all the details in place, at the bottom of the tank we put a glass with 9% vinegar, and carefully cover the walls, basket, gum and other elements with soda. Next, we start a long washing cycle at a temperature of 60⁰C and wait for the result.
• Borax cleaning. First, clean the dishwasher manually, then rinse the walls of the tank, basket, impeller, rubber bands and other parts with a wet sponge. We take a bag of powder borax and fill it with all the internal surfaces of the dishwasher and start a long washing cycle.
• Soda with hydrogen peroxide. We take a pack of baking soda and pour it whole in a bowl, pour a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and 20-30 drops of essential oil (whatever you like) there. Mix the resulting slurry and put it for 20 minutes in the freezer. We take out a bowl with thickened gruel and form a lump from it. We put the lump in the basket for dishes and start a long washing cycle at high temperature.

To summarize, we note if aggressive advertising is to be believed, then there are no more means for cleaning the dishwasher on the Russian market, except for those manufactured under the Finish brand. In reality, this is not so. There are many good products from different manufacturers, which are no worse, and maybe even better than the finish. In addition, you can not buy a dishwasher cleaner at all, but do it yourself and clean your iron assistant perfectly, while spending “three pennies”.