Tell me why my dishwasher cleans plates OK but covers cups and glasses in a thin layer of what looks like fine vomit?

[OrmIrian]

You know what I mean. Looks like partially digested food that's been pureed and spread liberally about the crockery. And the goes hard. Tis vile.

Have cleaned the filter, and the spray arm things, and put the dw through a hot cycle.

Please. Before I take a hatchet to the bloody thing!

are you putting pans or plates with mashed potato in the dishwasher.

Beautifully put!! Mine goes through phases of this and I think it means you need to put in more salt and/or rinse aid. Or wash out the filter - basically do stuff that having a dishwasher is supposed to prevent you from having to do! Good luck!

No. Not often anyway. But maybe we need to rinse the plates more thoroughly. I was assuming it could cope with a little mess. I just scrape off the worst of it off.

was serious about the mashed potato
if i put a pan or plate or my spud basher in the washer it covers everthing with this hard gritty deposit especially on glasses. It feels like sand paper. It is the starchy grains from potato.

mine does this, you have to clean the arms often stuff gets stuck in there

I know you were! I took you seriously aly. I have noticed it before when hand-washing. But we don't eat it often.

We had a man out to look at ours last week, and it was blocked somewhere in the back that you can't get to unless you take the panel off. He recommended using dishwasher cleaner to avoid problems in future.

I was going to recommend one of those bottles of dishwasher cleaners too.

I used one on mine last week - and I am amazed at the difference.

Have you cleaned the big filter/drain thing at the bottom ?

Do you clean the filter every time?

I rinse plates etc before it goes in the dishwasher and I use the prewash if stuff's going to be waiting around for a while. Dh doesn't, and it shows...

Oh, and every now and then I use one of those dishwasher cleaner thingies. Seems to help.

We had that problem with our old dishwasher (a cheapy Zanussi), it drove me up the wall. Sometimes topping up the salt helped.

What really helped though, was buying a new one...(v. expensive Miele, clean every time!)

Have now cleaned everything there is to clean and put in on a hot hot wash empty. Will see how the next lot come out. May have to invest in special DW cleaner if it doesn't work.

WIll also have to rinse the stuff off better first

Thanks.

The only time we get that is when a cup gets turned up and fills with water with grit at the bottom - its the dishwasher tablet that you can see if the 'vomit' is gritty. Try another brand of dishwasher tablets in case yours don't suit your water. I NEVER rinse stuff before putting it in dw, only scrape stuff into bin.

lol mine does this, great thread
I'm going to try dishwasher cleaner
thanks

You get around this problem by only putting dirty things in the dishwasher. Anything with spot-welded carrot, breakfast cereal, or - worst offender - peanut butter should be washed by hand in very hot water. Potato masher is a definate no-no, unless you've spent ten minutes poking the bits out first.

I can see a scenario in the not-too-distant future of the dishwasher relaxing in front of the telly with his feet up and a cigar, while I stand at the sink, battling with some glued-on apple sauce.

LOL piccolina! I agree. Lazy fecker!

My dishwasher is definately male.

ours does this especially if we have had any food with spices in it, its a real PITA

Perhaps it's a new 'elf & safety thing: 'Dishwashers unite! You can't seriously expect us to deal with dried on food, surely? My contract only covers tea and soup, and no coffee grounds either, do them yourself!'

(Mine definately refuses to deal with coffee grounds, leaves them smeared round the cups...

i've had a dishwasher thread yesterday
washing arms worked for me, but am also going to invest in DW cleaner

anyone recommend a brand? (price preferably less than a new dishwasher)

riven, the rotator bit comes out of my arms which leaves a hole
wel does for the bottom ones and i'm hoping dh will be ablt to get top ones off - i used cocktail sticks, knife would have been sensible

I hate the bloody thing - it's a total slave-driver. DP bought it in order to have the excuse not to wash up. Except he never uses the bloody thing and I have to deal with the inticacies of loading (he does critique my attempt though WTF?), and the cleaning etc. I'm sure it's half the reason my bad back remains bad. To be honest I find I just do the washing up instead.

Oh god, I've got to actually clean the dishwasher? Bloody hell, that's something to look forward to tomorrow! But it may mean that more than 40% of my stuff actually comes out clean!