Few people clean a dishwasher on a regular basis. After all, it doesn’t seem necessary either: the dishwasher is rinsed daily with detergent and hot water, so why waste time on that? However, you should also regularly clean this appliance for the best washing results in order to prevent unpleasant odors and to avoid unnecessary malfunctions. If your dishwasher starts to smell bad or if the dishes are no longer being cleaned properly, then it is definitely high time for a cleaning! Many cannot imagine life without it, so proper maintenance is essential to get the best out of your machine.
Causes of an Invisibly Dirty Dishwasher
There are several reasons why your dishwasher gets dirty. The most common cause is not rinsing dirty dishes properly before putting them in the dishwasher. In this way, food residues remain behind and the filters become clogged. The rubber edges are also often soiled by grease, food residue, or other contamination.
In addition, crucial parts in the dishwasher can be soiled by lime, soap, and dirt, which means that the laundry is not cleaned properly. In addition to regular cleaning, there are also a number of ways that you can prevent problems with the dishwasher as much as possible.
With HG you can clean invisible dirt
Dishwashers can smell less fresh or even start to smell. Fat deposits, food and soap residues in the drain pipes, filters, and rubbers are the cause of this. HG smelly dishwasher effectively removes such pollution and thus ensures a wonderfully fresh-smelling dishwasher for a longer period of time. In addition, the use of this product promotes hygiene and cleaner dishes. For best results, we recommend using this cleaner once every 2 weeks – without dishes. Cleaning a dishwasher and keeping it smelling fresh has never been easier!
Our HG maintenance technician for dishwashers prevents unnecessary disruptions and fixes them. You should use this product once every 3 months to prevent contamination of filters, floats, drainpipes, and other hard-to-reach parts. This prevents the machine from breaking down. The product ensures that the sealing rubbers remain elastic and water-resistant so that there is no leakage, malfunction, and short circuit. In addition, it ensures that the dishwasher does not spread unpleasant odors.
Follow the steps below when using a dishwasher:
Make sure the washing machine or dishwasher is empty and fill the dishwasher soap dish up to the top line with cleaner.
3 tips to properly maintain your dishwasher
HG smelly dishwasher is the way to clean your dishwasher once every 2 weeks, in order to prevent odors. In addition, use the HG maintenance technician for dishwashers once every 3 months to prevent malfunctions. But of course, you would prefer to prevent the dishwasher from getting dirty and smelling. This requires proper use of the machine:
Wipe the plates clean and rinse the glasses or pans under the tap before putting them in the dishwasher. This way fewer residues are left in the dishwasher, your filter is not unnecessarily dirty and blockages and unpleasant odors are prevented. Just be careful not to wash food leftovers down the sink, as that can lead to a blockage.
2. Make sure the dishwasher is not overloaded.
It is important that you do not overcrowd the dishwasher. Do not put pans or plates on top of each other and make sure that everything has enough space to be cleaned thoroughly. Also in this way, less food remains in the dishwasher and you avoid unpleasant odors and blockages.
3. Regularly clean the filter of your dishwasher.
With a filter, you prevent food residues from getting stuck in the drain pipes. The residues in the filter also give off unpleasant odors, which you naturally want to avoid. The filter can also become clogged in the long run, which does not benefit the operation of the machine.
4. Clean the rubbers of the dishwasher
The rubber seal of the dishwasher also gets dirty quickly. Therefore, regularly wipe the rubber with a damp cloth.
Clean the dishwasher properly
There are several do-it-yourself tools listed on other websites, such as blogs, that can help you clean a dishwasher. Please note that these methods do not guarantee success. In addition to the use of vinegar, lemon, or soda, HG has developed products that have been specially developed for this.
1. Cleaning with cleaning vinegar
Fill a container with cleaning vinegar and let it run with a normal wash. For an extra thorough clean, spray a generous splash of vinegar on the bottom of the dishwasher and run it on the hottest temperature. Do this in an empty dishwasher.
2. Cleaning with lemon
For normal cleaning: spread a few drops of lemon juice over the dirty dishes and turn on the dishwasher. You can also do without dishes, but that is of course a waste of power and water consumption.
For thorough cleaning, pour some vinegar into the bottom of the dishwasher and place a few lemon slices in the cutlery tray. Then run the machine on an intensive program.
3. Cleaning the dishwasher with baking soda
Put one teaspoon of baking soda in the soap dish of the dishwasher. Run the machine in the most intensive setting without any dishes in it. Just make sure you don’t put more than one teaspoon of baking soda in the soap dish. Too much can damage the plastic and rubber edges of the dishwasher.
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