Common
PROBLEM
Spotting and tllmlng
dishwashing |
| problems |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
CAUSED | BY | SOLUTION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Hard | water | Fill | detergent |
| dispensers | to | capacity. | Use dishwasher | de- | ||||||||
|
|
| tergent | with | highest | available | phosphorus | Content. |
| May | |||||||
|
|
| be | necessary |
| to install water | softener. |
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Water is not | Water | temperature | should | be | at least | 140°F (60°C). | Set | ||||||||||
hot | enough | water | heater | thermostat | to | a higher | setting. | Run | water at | ||||||||
|
|
| sink | until | hot | before | starting. |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Not | enough | Use | more | dishwasher | detergent. | Use | detergent | with | high- | ||||||||
detergent, | or | est | available |
| phosphorus |
| content...especiallY | with | hard | ||||||||
improper | detergeni | water. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
“0ld”detergent | Use | only | fresh, | dry | dishwasher | detergent. | Store | tightly | |||||||||
|
|
| closed | box, in cool, dry place. Discard old, lumpy deter- | |||||||||||||
|
|
| gent. | Do | not | fill | dispensers | until | ready | to | start | dishwasher. | |||||
Small particles
deposlted on Items
Improper loading
No rinse aid
AIR DRY Settmg used
Spray arm or arms not rotating freely
“0ld”detergent
Make sure dishes and glassware are loaded so spray reaches all surfaces and items drain properly. Do not ov- erload. Do not nest items.
Make sure large items do not block spray from reaching detergent dispensers.
Try a bar rinse aid such as Solid Jet DRY”. Follow package directions.
lb remove spots and film, try a vinegar rinse...
1.Wash and rinse load as usual. Use AIR DRY.
2.Remove all metal items.
3.Put 2 cups (500 mL) white vinegar in a container on the bottom rack.
4.Run dishwasherthrough a complete washing cycle
Drying without heat may result in some spotting of glasses and silver.
Check spray arms to make sure they turn freely after load- ing. Be sure a utensil has not prevented their turning.
Use only fresh, dry dishwasher detergent. Store tightly closed box in cool, dry place. Discard old, lumpy deter- gent. Do not fill dispensers until ready to start dishwasher.
Dishes not dry
Black marks on chlna or white utensils
Chlpplng or breaking glassware
Not | enough |
|
| Use |
| more | dishwasher |
| detergent. |
| Use detergent | with |
| high- | ||||||||||||||||
detergent, | or |
|
| est | available |
|
| phosphorus | content...especially |
|
| with | hard | |||||||||||||||||
improper | detergent |
| water |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Water | is not hot |
|
| Water | temperature |
| should |
| be | at |
| least | 140°F | (60°C). |
| Set | ||||||||||||||
enough |
|
|
|
| water |
| heater |
| thermostat | to | a | higher | setting |
| Run | water | at | |||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| sink |
| until | hot | before |
| starting, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Water | pressure | may |
| If water | pressure | is low, | do | not | use | water |
| for | other | purposes | ||||||||||||||||
be | low, |
| dishwasher | is | while | dishwasher | is running |
| (to |
| assure | correct | fills]. |
|
|
| ||||||||||||||
not | filling | properly |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Water | is not hot |
|
| Water | temperature |
| should |
| be | at |
| least | 140°F | (60°C). |
| Set | ||||||||||||||
enough |
|
|
|
| water |
| heater |
| thermostat | to | a | higher | setting. | Run | water | at | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| sink |
| until | hot | before |
| starting. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Improper | loading |
| Make |
| sure |
| dishes | and glassware |
| are | loaded |
| so | spray | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| reaches | all | surfaces | and | items | drain | properly. | Do | not | ov- | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| erload. | Do | not | nest | Items. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
No | rinse | aid |
|
| Try a | bar rinse | aid | such | as | Solid |
| Jet | DRY”, | Follow |
| package | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| directions. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
AIR | DRY Setting | used |
| Allow |
| more | time | when | using | AIR | DRY | Option, |
| or | use |
| HEAT | |||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| DRY. Plastic items may need towel drying. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||
Aluminum | utensils |
| Use |
| care | In | loadlng |
| alumlnum |
| utensils, |
| especially |
|
| any | ||||||||||||||
rubbing |
| against | items | llghtwelght |
| toll | container. |
| Place |
| so | they |
| do | not | touch | ||||||||||||||
during | washing |
|
| dishes. | Remove | black | marks |
| with | plastic |
| scouring |
|
| pad | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| and |
| a mild | abrasive | cleanser. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Improper | loading |
|
| Do | not | overload. | LQ9d | glasses |
| in | the | top | rack | only. |
| Load | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| between |
| prongs, |
| not | over | them. |
| Glasses |
| loaded |
| over | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| prongs | will | not | be supported |
| and | may | chip |
| or | break. |
|
|
| |||||||||||
12
