Comments on: Spring Cleaning: Eco Friendly Dishwasher Maintenance

By: Spring Cleaning: Four Easy Tips for Cleaning your Dishwasher

Spring Cleaning: Four Easy Tips for Cleaning your Dishwasher — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:43:21 +0000

[...] in the top rack and run a hot cycle to ensure that the whole thing gets clean. White vinegar is an earth-friendly wonder-cleaner as it cuts through grime, gets rid of mold and nasty [...]

By: Frigidaire vs. Method et al in the Epic Battle for Clean Dishes : Feelgood Style

Frigidaire vs. Method et al in the Epic Battle for Clean Dishes : Feelgood Style — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:45:50 +0000

[...] the dishwasher by running a cycle empty (the horror!) with a cup of vinegar, as also recommended on ecolocalizer. This didn’t make much of a difference. Of course all of these brands got the requisite hot [...]

By: Becky Striepe

Becky Striepe — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:29:30 +0000

Naw, they won’t. Once you run it, the dishsoap should take care of the vinegar. The kitchen might have a vinegar smell for a few hours afterwards, but that will fade. We burned some incense and the smell went away even more quickly!

By: Twelper

Twelper — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:47:11 +0000

Good tips, Becky. Just wondering, though- won’t all your dishes smell like vinegar afterwards? Not a bad thing if you like salads I guess.