Fill soap cups in dishwasher only half full. This saves on dishwashing soap and your glasses will not get water marked and scarred.

Use equal amounts of dishwasher soap and baking soda in your dishwasher. Your dishes and silver will be cleaner and so will the machine.

To remove scum from glassware, add 1/2 cup bleach to wash cycle in dishwasher and 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse. The vinegar neutralizes the bleach.

If your dishwasher or dishes become stained from hard water, just run a package of Tang orange juice crystals through the dishwasher with the stained dishes in it.

If your dishwasher needs cleaning, use powdered laundry bleach instead of dishwasher detergent in an empty machine. This will clean and disinfect the dishwasher.

To remove lime buildups in your dishwasher, put 3/4 cup laundry bleach into empty dishwasher and run it through first wash. After this drains, add two cups vinegar and run through the rinse cycle, but not the drying cycle. Reset the dishwasher for a full cycle, using dish detergent.

If the inside of your dishwasher is
discoloured due to iron deposits, run washer through a cycle using 1/4 cup of Oxalic Acid Crystals (can be purchased at the drugstore). Then run through a second cycle with just water.

When water discharges from a portable dishwasher into the sink, a fine spray splashes over the sink and sometimes onto the floor. To prevent this, cut out the bottom of a quart-size milk carton and slip this on the discharge pipe of the dishwasher. The water will flow directly through the carton into the drain.

When using the automatic dishwasher, open the door and turn the cycle to off when the washing cycle has finished and let the dishes air dry.