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Product Details:
- Scrubs, degreases and shines.
- 3 separate fast-dissolving chambers, delivering 3 different actions:
- Powder: Scrubbing power to break down and remove tough, stuck food in one wash without the need to pre-rinse or soak. Cuts through grease breaks down, and lifts away even 24-hour burnt, dried-on food.
- Gel: Grease-cutting power handles even the toughest messes.
- Liquid Powerball: Filled with power actions that dry and deliver a finishing boost of shine.
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1. Don't prerinse
2. I put a shot of Cascade gel in the tub (maybe 4-5 mL). A $10 bottle lasts over a year
3. Use said pods from BJ's/Sam/Costco (at much cheaper rate than this)
4. 100% use rinse aid
5. Clean out the strainer trap (big particles, brush every few months)
6. Use washer cleaner (Affirm) once every few months -- esp if you have hard water
The biggest change was putting the shot of cascade gel in, it really reduced protein sticking to dishes in the initial wash (before the pod is released). Affirm I use because we have hard water and don't want to wear down the pumps prematurely with deposits. With said hard water if I dont use rinse aid forget it dishes look lie crap. I make my own from restaurant concentrate for maybe $1/32oz (versus $10).
1. Phosphate cleaners are bad for the environment (cause algae bloom) and have been outlawed in most cleaners and jurisdictions.
2. TSP etches glass.
3. TSP is an industrial cleaner and it will brittle plastics (of which many part of your dw are made) at high temperatures (like in a dishwasher)
4. TSP is very basic (many cleaners are but there is a balance) 11-12 pH
5. TSP is a lung irritant
Anytime you start mixing chemicals in with different pH than what the dw detergent does you are starting to reduce its effectiveness. So I would say stick w/ dw detergent and put a shot/powder in the tub for preclean (I do) if you feel your dishes aren't coming out as clean.
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1. Don't prerinse
2. I put a shot of Cascade gel in the tub (maybe 4-5 mL). A $10 bottle lasts over a year
3. Use said pods from BJ's/Sam/Costco (at much cheaper rate than this)
4. 100% use rinse aid
5. Clean out the strainer trap (big particles, brush every few months)
6. Use washer cleaner (Affirm) once every few months -- esp if you have hard water
The biggest change was putting the shot of cascade gel in, it really reduced protein sticking to dishes in the initial wash (before the pod is released). Affirm I use because we have hard water and don't want to wear down the pumps prematurely with deposits. With said hard water if I dont use rinse aid forget it dishes look lie crap. I make my own from restaurant concentrate for maybe $1/32oz (versus $10).
Switched to powder and haven't had any issues with my dishes since. Also, don't need to use a rinse aid anymore. I have a bosch dishwasher, that recommends pods, but pods were probably the worst offender for me.
All products use the same brand... Cascade.
Switched to powder and haven't had any issues with my dishes since. Also, don't need to use a rinse aid anymore. I have a bosch dishwasher, that recommends pods, but pods were probably the worst offender for me.
All products use the same brand... Cascade.
1. Don't prerinse
2. I put a shot of Cascade gel in the tub (maybe 4-5 mL). A $10 bottle lasts over a year
3. Use said pods from BJ's/Sam/Costco (at much cheaper rate than this)
4. 100% use rinse aid
5. Clean out the strainer trap (big particles, brush every few months)
6. Use washer cleaner (Affirm) once every few months -- esp if you have hard water
The biggest change was putting the shot of cascade gel in, it really reduced protein sticking to dishes in the initial wash (before the pod is released). Affirm I use because we have hard water and don't want to wear down the pumps prematurely with deposits. With said hard water if I dont use rinse aid forget it dishes look lie crap. I make my own from restaurant concentrate for maybe $1/32oz (versus $10).
The pods, powder, gel don't get released from the dispenser until a later cycle. The rinse aid dispenses in the final clean cycle. Some older dw (not Bosch) have an actual prerinse dispenser and you can use that -- but almost all new ones do not so you just squirt it in (or if you use powder just add at tbsp or so)
Funny its like going to a carwash. Some carwashes just spray water as you drive in (the prerinse) or some use foam to get it started. Then you go through the main cycle where they put the soap/etc. Then you get to the final cycle where they add the rinse aid (for no spots), then dry off the car. Its the same thing in a dishwasher for the most part.
Eventually that washer died and I got a Maytag and switched to pods. The washer looks brand new on the inside and the dishes especially the glasses have never looked better. We do everything the same except changed from gel to pods. I'm not sure if mine does a pre wash I'll have to look at the door to see if it has a small compartment next to the big compartment. I do hear it drain a few minutes after I start it so maybe it does.
But the gel wasn't working for us.
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