one of life's mysteries

[ramtops]

why does a dishwasher need a cleaning cycle every now and again?

I mean, every time it's run, it has water at 70° hot, and a tablet which is basically caustic soda, and yet every now and again, the inside of the beast gets greasy, and I have to donate it a cleaning tablet and a hot wash.

all very odd.

Comments

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

To which we might add, why am I supposed to want my plates and cutlery to emerge from the dishwasher smelling of lemon. I personally like my plates to smell of nothing but 'clean' as this ensures that my next meal is not lemon-tainted. I read an hilarious review of dishwashing products recently which rejected all the preparations which did not make the plates, etc. smell sufficiently lemon-y. (Another black mark to Sainsbury's, who no longer make 'plain' dishwasher powder, apparently. Their loss, as the branded one I now buy actually cleans everything better any way.

[tanais.livejournal.com]

Ecover is odourless (and because we have a septic tank and private water supply) we need to be very careful what goes its way....

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

That's good to know ... I need to check whether it's available locally. From the supermarket I'm already using Ecover washing-up liquid, which is much nicer, but I can't recall whether they do the dishwashing stuff. (And I moved washing-up liquids for not dissimilar reasons, not to mention using hypoallegenic fabric softener because I do not want my clothes to reek of 'spring haze' or some such nebulous scent. Why do people feel their clothes must be cleaner if they smell of this rather than of 'clean'?)