How Do You Clean And Maintain A Dishwasher?
Most of us don’t think about cleaning the dishwasher very often. After all, if the dishes are getting cleaner, shouldn’t the dishwasher get cleaner, too? Unfortunately, debris and deposits do build up over time, and some of them reduce the performance of the dishwasher. Fortunately, dishwashers don’t need cleaning very often and it’s not hard to clean them. Here’s how: • Use your dishwasher regularly. It will help to prevent food and other debris from building up in there, reducing the need to clean it. • Run the dishwasher or wait until just after you’ve run it, then empty the dishwasher completely. Do the other steps with the dishwasher empty. • A clogged hole. Check all the spinning arms. Look to make sure all the holes are open so that water can run through them freely. The hole in this photo has accumulated some debris. • You won’t be needing this again. Clear any debris out of the holes in spinning arms. Use fine pointed or needle-nose pliers if you have some. Otherwise, try a to
• Use your dishwasher regularly. It will help to prevent food and other debris from building up in there, reducing the need to clean it. • Run the dishwasher or wait until just after you’ve run it, then empty the dishwasher completely. Do the other steps with the dishwasher empty. • A clogged hole. Check all the spinning arms. Look to make sure all the holes are open so that water can run through them freely. The hole in this photo has accumulated some debris. • You won’t be needing this again. Clear any debris out of the holes in spinning arms. Use fine pointed or needle-nose pliers if you have some. Otherwise, try a toothpick or something similar. Take care not to scratch anything if you’re using a tool with a metal point. If these holes are very small, bend a fine wire with a tiny hook on one end. Thread the wire through the opening most distal from the center of the arm. Each time you do this a small amount of debris will come out. This is time consuming. Another option is to drill
