Dishwashers - Is yours going downhill? Here's the fix!

pepperhead212 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:58 pm **Posts:** 1206

Interesting with the citric acid. I have a pound bag of that (minus a few tb. for whatever I have used it for), so maybe when I do need it I could stick some of that in there?

Taveta · **Joined:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:42 am **Posts:** 9

Wow!! I've been having the same exact problem. Everything seems to have a film on it and I thought that I'd have to look into buying a new one. We have extremely hard water and I though that was the problem even though just this started several weeks ago. I've been using those Cascade tablets that are 1/2 powder and 1/2 gel. I guess not anymore. Thanks Tim!

Taveta

wino · **Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:40 pm

Let me just Google that for you . . . :roll:

Finish DW Cleaner Ingredients List
Ingredients & Function
Water as a Diluent
Citric Acid (Anhydrous) as a Cleaning Agent - Organic Acid
Sodium Cumenesulphonate as a Hydrotrope
Propylene Glycol as a Solvent
C12-16 Alcohols Ethoxylated Propoxylated as a Cleaning Agent - Nonionic Surfactant
Fragrance - duh!
Tetrasodium Etidronate as a Chelating Agent
Sulfuric acid disodium salt as Filler
Proprietary Inert Filler as Filler
Buteth-3 as a Cleaning Agent- Anionic Surfactant
Acid Blue 80 as a Colorant

JesBelle · **Joined:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:50 pm **Posts:** 2062

Fragrance. Why does everything need a stink?

wino · **Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:18 pm

To cover the stink - Silly :lol:

Tim · **Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:42 pm

wino wrote:

Let me just Google that for you . . . :roll:

Finish DW Cleaner Ingredients List
Ingredients & Function
Water as a Diluent
Citric Acid (Anhydrous) as a Cleaning Agent - Organic Acid
Sodium Cumenesulphonate as a Hydrotrope
Propylene Glycol as a Solvent
C12-16 Alcohols Ethoxylated Propoxylated as a Cleaning Agent - Nonionic Surfactant
Fragrance - duh!
Tetrasodium Etidronate as a Chelating Agent
Sulfuric acid disodium salt as Filler
Proprietary Inert Filler as Filler
Buteth-3 as a Cleaning Agent- Anionic Surfactant
Acid Blue 80 as a Colorant

Wino,

You must have googled the wrong thing. Those look like the ingredients in Sandra Lee's Kwanzaa Cake!

CC

easy bake · **Joined:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:38 pm **Posts:** 536

.........just add peanuts!!

Kathy's Pete · **Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:30 pm

One problem is that all of the major brands reformulated their dishwasher detergents recently to remove the phosphates. Suddenly eveyone's dishwasher is on the fritz.

JesBelle · **Joined:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:50 pm **Posts:** 2062

Kathy's Pete wrote:

One problem is that all of the major brands reformulated their dishwasher detergents recently to remove the phosphates. Suddenly eveyone's dishwasher is on the fritz.

Not in Michigan, yet. I have to drive all over town to find phosphate-free dishwashing tabs that cost less than the dishwasher itself. Okay, it's not that bad. Target carries the Method tabs at a reasonable price.

pepperhead212 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:58 pm **Posts:** 1206

Kathy's Pete wrote:

One problem is that all of the major brands reformulated their dishwasher detergents recently to remove the phosphates. Suddenly eveyone's dishwasher is on the fritz.

And the other thing many of them did many years ago was replaced the chlorine bleach with oxalic acid, which did little for bleaching, at least in the amounts they had in them. Many, but not all brands, have returned the chlorine bleach, but the low phosphates are still a problem.

Dave

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