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My dishwasher is ruining my dishes!! After a hot wash, my dishes are slightly covered in a white film . I think this is due to the hard water here. Can anyone recommend a cure?

Have you tried a weekly calgon tablet and do you use dishwasher salt?

Hi, no, haven't tried calgon tablet. Yes, Ive put salt in. But it keeps asking for more, I've put lots in. Not sure how much I should be putting in

I had this problem with an Arcelic dishwasher. I stopped using the 'all-in-one' Finish tablets and went back to separate salt (Pril), rinse aid (Finish) and gel (Pril) and the problem disappeared after 3 washes.

bluedream wrote:Hi, no, haven't tried calgon tablet. Yes, Ive put salt in. But it keeps asking for more, I've put lots in. Not sure how much I should be putting in

I just fill salt up, until no more will go in. My Arcelic dishwasher takes quite a bit, maybe about 2 - 3 pint mugs worth. A long time ago, quite a few people advised on a now defunct forum, to buy a sack of salt from Siba, as it was much cheaper than dishwasher salt. It lasts ages. If you buy it, I recommend putting it into large containers to save it clumping up and ending up like a brick.

Thanks for your replys. Yes, will try that pirili dishwasher powder etc. is it 2 or 3 mug fulls of salt I should put in?

bluedream wrote: is it 2 or 3 mug fulls of salt I should put in?

Can't give you an exact answer to that, depends on how much your dishwasher takes. Mine takes between two and three, pint sized mugs of salt.

I cured my dishwasher problem by divorcing him and started doing it by myself!

I had this problem even though I kept the salt level up ... a local service engineer advised me to get ''lemon salt'' and put in a tablespoon with the dishwasher powder on every wash. It works!! I no longer fill up my salt dispenser. You can find this in Ileli under the herbs and spices.

He also advised me not use capsules or tablets so I don't ! x