THis is such a random question but it is getting on my nerves. What are you ladies using as dishwasher detergent? My glasses, bottles, and nipples are all cloudy now and it is ugly! Can y'all recommend something that will keep them from being cloudy? Only stipulation is that it is something that is good for the environment and safe for washing bottles with. Thanks again!
I found that I had to use a rinsing agent, otherwise my dishes won't come out clean and my glassware is cloudy. I use whatever is on sale and there are a couple environmental friendly ones. I have not yet found that one is better than another, as long as I just keep it filled...
Good luck.
Hi A.,
I use a product called Diamondbrite. Most detergents leave a chlorine residue on dishes. Diamondbrite not only doesn't leave a residue (because it doesn't have chlorine bleach in it) but will remove previous residues. It is completely safe for, not only the environment but, kids and animals.
When we lived in the country, I had water (sink, dishwasher and clothes washer) dump into the horse pasture instead of the septic tank. I was nervous at first about my horses but after I talked with the vet, and he said it shouldn't hurt them, I was okay. As a matter of fact, I never had to worm the horses again. The non toxic detergents I used in the sink, dishwasher and the clothes washer were actually good for my horses...
If your dishes are cloudy, you are probably ingesting the residues left. I would find something as soon as possible. Let me know if you want more information on the Diamondbrite.
M.
I think I use Cascade(it changes all the time), but I add Lemi-Shine to it and it clears the glasses and plates perfectly. Everything was coming out cloudy and I bought this stuff at Walmart and just add a little bit to the dishwasher with the regular detergent. It works great everytime!
I probably do not meet within your specs but I use Finish for the daily wash and Jet Dry.
Sometimes, I will run the dishwasher on sanitize with only glasses in it and filled with white vinegar. Anytime vinegar does not work for me I move on to clorox
I sell and use:
http://healinghappens.myshaklee.com/us/en/products.php?sk...
It's great and environmentally friendly. No phosphates or chlorine and is biodegradable within 30 days.
Over time, dishwashers will actually etch drinking glasses, making them look cloudy. The dishwasher manufacturers will tell you this is from using too little detergent, I'm not convinced of that. I think water hardness or softness may play a role as well. I don't know if etching is your entire problem because I don't know how it would affect the bottles and nipples since they aren't glass - especially the nipples. The only way I've found to keep nice clear glasses is to wash them by hand, but that doesn't sterilize them (and it's a lot more work).
I had this problem a while ago when I tried a generic detergent. My dishwasher manual recommended this procedure and it worked great.-- Load washer with the clouded dishes but don't overload because they may not rinse properly. Place a 2 cup glass of white vinegar in the dishwasher, right side up, and run a rinse cycle. After the rinse, some of the vinegar will still be in the cup, so dump that into the bottom of the dishwasher and then run a normal wash cycle.
I use Cascade and I keep the rinse aid cup full of Jet Dry. I live in Phoenix and we have very hard water so I also pour about a cup of vinegar into the bottom of the washer about once a week to keep things looking good.
You may have 'hard' water. It's been my experience that hard water leaves residue on everything. Have you tried a water softener?? I usually run mine thru then rewash in the sink by hand. Weird I know but it gets the initial gunk off then wash to make them 'clean'. Good luck.
Locally, we have a lot of minerals in our water making it really hard, and it leaves deposits on everything. Awful.
So, our water softener helps with that. They usually usually potassium chloride, a salt similar to sodium chloride (table salt).
That helps us, but we're about 700 miles away
Have you tried vinegar? Vinegar cleans just about anything and it's very affordable.
I have used Shaklee's Get Clean line for years and love it. All of the products are totaly safe for you and the environment! The dish wash washer powder is one of the few that was recomended by the company that was helping with my septic problems. My dishes come out quite clear and I don't use a rinse agent. If you are a member you get a 15% disount and you can get free membership with a qualifying purchase until the end of June I think. Here is a link that will take you straight to the product if you would like to have a look. http://takecontrol.myshaklee.com/us/en/products.php?sku=0...
You only use 2 tsp. in each dispenser so it goes a long way and felt like it saved us money. We have 11 kids and run our dishwasher three times every day! Hope that is helpful!
Blessings,
K.
here's another solution to cloudy dishes. A company in Florida created a new product just for this problem. It's all-natural, contains no phosphate, bleach, or chlorine, and it works GREAT. It cleans the white film off my dishes, dishwasher....even my sink. It's a powder you add to each wash cycle (and you can use a lot less detergent so it pays for itself). not yet available in stores...see website at www.CitriClean.net
