Right just to add to my problems this afternoon - I have problems with too much salt in the dishwasher, and a duvet that's it's turned ou my washing machine can't cope with...........

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I have never used dishwasher salt....but for some stupid reason decided to get some yesterday, but the dishwasher on..........and oh F*CK I obviously put way too much in as when I gave DS3 his bottle "clean" out of the dishwasher, he handed it straight back to me and said he didn't like it .......the reason I discovered was because it was salty.....
closer inspection revealed that everything else in there was absolutely caked in salt and tasted like it had been washed in the sea.

I've run it through again on a quick wash (just water - no tablet or rinse aid or anything) and while it is vastly improve everything still tastes like it's been dunked in the sea....

Do I just keep on doing the quick wash until it's gone?????

Second problem, I have bought the DS's new duvets, so took the old ones off and decided to wash them before putting them away as "spares". 2 of the 3 had been washed before........and were fine so I figured the 3rd one would as well (all different duvets as bought at diffferent times/different places).

Well it turns out that it can't cope with this duvet.......it won't spin/rinse properly and just goes onto error and finishes.........leaving me with an extremely soggy duvet.......

I don't have a washing line up yet, so my house still looks like s Chinese laundry..........but I can't hang this up as when I try and take it out it's saturated and leaving water everywhere........

HELP - what do I do??????

I have no idea for the dishwasher, but for the duvet can you put it in a bin liner so you don't drip water through the house and then put a clothes horse or something in the bath?

I'd squeeze it out over the bath as much as possible first.

um - dishwasher - ours always does this when I put new salt in. I just rinse stuff before I use it. By a wash or two later its fine.

tighten the top on the salt dispenser....its probably loose and thats why the stuff is salty....taste will go away (I've done it!)....but best use tablets on washes, not just rinsing.
good luck!

thanks - will go and check the top on the salt dispenser and try another run through (with a tablet).

put the duvet into a bin liner and then take it to a laundrette.

I don't even know where the closest laundrette is

Got this dishwasher sorted though thankyou - the lid was indeed not on properly,and I've run it through one more quick wash and every looks (and tastes ) as it should do.

Just need to figure out the duvet now......not sure my clothes horse will fit in the bath