How to clean the dishwasher: the secrets of cleanliness

With the advent of a dishwasher in the house, the life of the hostess becomes much easier. There is no need to stand at the sink for a long time, washing a mountain of plates and pans. However, do not forget that such equipment also needs regular cleaning. Proper care of your dishwasher will significantly extend its life and improve performance.

The main cause of dishwasher clogging is leftover food. Even if you carefully remove leftovers from plates, pots, and baking sheets, over time, food particles accumulate. Fat also gradually settles on the details, and scale inevitably appears. All of these have a significant impact on the efficiency of your dishwasher.

Determining that it's time to wash the equipment is not at all difficult. Your dishwasher will tell you about this. We list the main "symptoms", with the appearance of which it is urgent to begin the cleaning process.

• Bad smell. If the car emits a strong unpleasant odor that you have not noticed before, do not ignore it.This fact suggests that the structural elements are clogged with grease and debris. The formation of mold fungus on the elements of technology is not excluded.
• characteristic noise. When the sound of the pump becomes too loud, you should check if the filter is dirty. The quality of washing dishes directly depends on this.

The degree of pollution of equipment depends on many factors. In particular from:

• degree of water hardness;
• intensity of use of the machine;
• the amount of greasy dishes;
• properties of the detergents used;
• the quality of pre-cleaning dishes.

In order to wash the equipment as efficiently as possible, it is important to divide the entire process of work into several successive parts.

To do this, you need the simplest tools. First of all, we take any capacious container, fill it with water up to half, add two glasses acetic acid. If there is no suitable container at hand, you can use a sink for this purpose. In the resulting solution we place the removable elements of the dishwasher. This is necessary so that the parts get wet, and it is easier to wash them from accumulated contaminants.

Instead of vinegar, you can use regular citric acid, soda and even soda (provided that the drink is not too bright in color, otherwise stains may remain on the details). You can go the easy way and add a special dishwashing detergent to the water. After that, we deal with the bottom and walls of the car. You can clean them in any way convenient for you (for example, using detergent for dishwashers or stoves).

We remove the shelves and holders, take out their dishwashers.Further, the algorithm of actions depends entirely on the size of these details. If the shelves and holders are large enough, you need to clean them separately. Wipe them with a sponge dipped in vinegar. In a situation where the structural elements of the machine are not too large, they can be placed in a container or sink in which other parts are soaked. Particular attention should be paid to the elimination of leftover food. Arm yourself with a toothpick or a thin sharp stick and carefully eliminate them.

The design of the dishwasher includes washing carousels. They have special holes through which water is drained. It is important that foreign debris does not interfere with the movement of the fluid. You have to carefully check the openings of the carousels for blockages. To make the cleaning process as simple as possible, but at the same time most effective, you will need a wire or a thin skewer, as well as pliers.

You can clean the holes with wire by pulling it through the far hole. It is important to bend the wire thread from one end into a kind of hook. So you can easily remove stuck debris. The other way is more complicated. It involves creating a small hole on the outside of the part. In this case, the carousel can be easily cleaned from the inside with a brush. Most importantly, then it is imperative to close the drilled hole with a stainless steel screw of a suitable diameter.

The doors are not washed while the dishwasher is running. The same applies to the space around the baskets. It is necessary to carefully process such places manually. To do this, you will need a brush with soft bristles (a toothbrush will do), a cloth or a sponge.An excellent option would be the following cleaning method: wipe the main surface with a cloth dampened with a solution of vinegar or a non-aggressive detergent. And those places that are hard to reach for a rag, clean with a small brush. So you are guaranteed to achieve perfect cleanliness.

To do this, you need ordinary bleach. Use it very carefully, do not add too much, do not mix with other detergents. Do not use bleach if the walls and doors of the equipment are made of stainless steel. Run the dishwasher in normal mode, do a few cycles. Upon completion of this procedure, open the doors of the machine and thoroughly dry the equipment inside.

In most cases, the appearance of traces of corrosion is due to the fact that too hard water with a high iron content enters the water supply. Or the pipes are old and rusty. You can soften the water with the help of special solutions, but this method does not always bring the desired effect. There is a more effective method - installing filters that remove iron from the water. This procedure will minimize the appearance of rust and limescale. If spots appear, the first step is to identify the cause of their appearance. Depending on this, it is worth choosing a cleaning method.

Once all parts of the dishwasher have been washed and dried, it's time to put them back in their place.If the equipment was used intensively, it is also necessary to clean the bottom. To do this, it is important to disconnect the machine from the mains and remove the bottom, carefully remove all debris and wipe the surface. This completes the cleaning of the machine at home. Now the equipment will work more stable and more efficiently. Before turning on the network, make sure that all elements are dry.

To keep your machine as infrequent as possible, follow these simple rules for regular maintenance.

• Use equipment for nothing from time to time. To do this, simply turn on the short cycle in economy mode. This will get rid of a significant amount of debris and pollution. Do not forget that it is better to use the machine constantly, avoiding long downtime (equipment breaks down faster if it is not used).
• Sometimes add vinegar. The process begins with the start of equipment in economy mode. In this case, it is necessary to add a small amount of ordinary vinegar to the dishwasher. In the middle of the cycle, stop the machine so that the structural parts are soaked in the vinegar solution. Then start the cycle again. This method is very good at fighting pollution.

• Do not place dishes too close. Many want to save electrical energy and put the plates quite close to each other. This does not allow the machine to fully rinse the dishes and leads to the fact that debris remains inside the appliance.
• Do not neglect the pre-preparation of dishes. It is important to remove large leftovers from the plates before sending them to the dishwasher. There are other points that negatively affect the technique. For example, if there are paper stickers on the dishes, the dishwasher erases them.Paper residues contaminate structural parts.

• Don't forget the garbage disposal. This function in dishwashers helps to get rid of a large amount of litter. It is necessary to start this mode before you are going to wash the dishes. So the drain will not clog, you will not have to disassemble and clean the machine often.
• Choose quality detergents. The modern household chemicals market is full of various products of this kind. Try new means of increased efficiency. Give preference not to liquid, but to powder substances. Be sure to keep them in a dry place without the presence of moisture.

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