To never have cleaned my dishwasher

I do it once in a blue moon!

How can people not clean them?
They must stink.

Dishwasher cleaner monthly
Top up salt as needed
Top up Rinse Aid as needed
Clean filters weekly atleast

They're clean??

DH started doing it when the okd machine was dying. At the end he was doing the filter every other day. And he drained a thing on the washer when it was a bit broken - apparently that is a monthly chore too. Anyway he now does fge dishwasher filter every…IDK. Not monthly. When things are a bit icky. Maybe 3 months? Somewhere between annual and monthly I think. Definitely vibes based.

I wipe the seal on the laundry machine every week or three with a sock or undies before I chuck them in, and once or twice a year I buy the cleaning tablets for the washer and dishwasher.

A few months ago I found out you’re supposed to wipe down your kitchen cabinets weekly and that is one of the things people with sparkling houses/cleaners do. (the doors, I could see crumbs on the counters and grew up doing those daily)

FM read the other comments. People don’t even clean the filter? Run a wash cycle? No wonder the NHS is on its knees 🤣 (lighthearted). I f you clean it it will last longer. Simples.

🤢 the sills. Every house I’ve moved into I’ve wondered why people don’t clean their dishwashers. They are rank. Run a cloth (not too hard under the rubber sill at the bottom of the door. I suspect the clothe will be black.

Where? 😳

I just pulled out the filter in the dishwasher for the first time since I got it several years ago. There was a small bit of grease and tiny bit of plastic or paper from jam jars. I tend to clear any debris off plates and bowls before they go into the dishwasher so maybe that's why there's so little. I thought it would be full of gunk, not so in the end. I did do an empty wash a few months ago so maybe that helped.

I put a cleaner in my dishwasher on the first of every month, I use the Finish ones that go in with a normal wash , and my husband checks the filters whenever the salt or rinse aid need filling up . I put soda crystals in with every wash in the washing machine .

I bet his wife cleans his dishwasher & washing machine filter.

I try once a month but this has reminded me I haven't done it for a few months due to an injury so dh has been in charge of the dishwasher. I use if I can get them the fairy pods for cleaning your dishwasher. Last place I got them was Home Bargains but they haven't had them in ages so am using the Finish ones which you put on the bottom of your dishwasher and then run a normal cycle with your usual cleaner so no running a cycle on empty. I use the fairy dishwasher pods which are supposed to contain something to keep your machine clean.
Also this has reminded me I need to top up the salt and rinse aid.

After ten years in my new build my dishwasher broke :( I now wash dishes by hand as I need a new dishwasher. Yeah, you are meant to clean it.

I had a piece of sweetcorn in a propellor once. I couldn't get the bastard out.

I used to have to unblock the propellers/spinny arms regularly but we moved house to somewhere with half decent water pressure and now I hardly ever have to do it. Used to use a pointy sharp knife to dig egg shell out of the holes (and no, I don’t know what egg shell was doing in there either. I rinse everything under the taps before putting it in. I blame DH) and then hold the whole thing up to the tap until water came shooting out of the holes.

Helps if you rinse stuff before putting it in. I love unblocking the propellers

We eat a lot of tomato based food. The fat/grease deposits on our dishwasher are generally orange. its really disgusting

We acquired a dishwasher from the previous owners of our house. I’d done the filter a couple of times and the cleaning chemical wash but I knew I’d have to do it ‘properly’ at some point as pretty sure the previous owners had never cleaned it. Watched a YouTube video about it. I removed the seal, cleaned it and put it back and the only way to describe it is when they clean the fatburgs out of the sewers. Grim. It was a hassle but at least I know I’m cleaning everything in my own filth going forward not somebody else’s 😅

😆 🤣 😂 😹

Our dishwasher broke before Christmas. The man came out to fix it and told DH off because the filter hadn't been cleaned recently.

My excuse a new hip a few weeks ago, on two sticks, I can't bend down that far to remove everything. DH was embarrassed 😳

Yeah but I find it's not always washed everything properly.

I bought dishwasher cleaner from the posh supermarket and it foamed so much the dishwasher refused to function and I had to get Dishwasher Repair Man out to fix it. Cost to me, £90.

I do clean the filter a couple of times a month, though.

Oh cheers, I never thought of that! @WhatFlavourIsIt

Yes I put mine through a maintenance wash at least once a month.

Since I cleaned mine, which also involved topping up the salt bit, for the following few days after, all the mugs and glasses came out with salt round the rim… so I just poured in some tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and ice and had myself a few martinis! Rewarded for all my hard work! 🍸

Sadly yes but it’s forced on me. We have a new dishwasher that ‘blocks’ itself when a piece of sweetcorn gets stuck in the filter. It also gets things trapped in the top rotating bit so mugs don’t come out clean. I clean the filter most days. And I think the rotator has seen more interdental brush action than my teeth these last few months.
My old one got cleaned maybe twice a year.
Because it’s such a princess the door and seal gets absolutely filthy too so I have to clean that also. I’d honestly wash by hand if I could be arsed. One day it’ll be launched out of the door and I won’t be sorry.

So yeah. I know I have to do it but I don’t want to.