Hate stuck on food and spotty watermarks on your ‘clean’ dishes and glasses? How to get your dishwasher and dishes sparkling clean, the easy way!
One of the household chores I dislike the most is washing dishes! So I try to do as much as I can in our dishwasher and do as little hand washing as I can.
What I find really frustrating is when I open the dishwasher of ‘clean dishes’ only to find stuck on food and spotty watermarks on my dishes and glasses! It’s such a pain to have to rewash and dry them by hand!
I’m trying out these new products: FINISH® JET-DRY® Rinse Agent and FINISH® Dishwasher Cleaner to see if it’ll be an easy and effective way to get my dishes and dishwasher sparkling clean!
Here’s my review and opinions…(I was amazed!):
My regular detergent is so frustrating! After running my dishwasher food is left on my dishes and on my dishwasher door!
What???? ‘Why do I need to clean my dishwasher’ you ask? Lots of hidden dirt, grim and food particles are hiding in your dishwasher! You’d never take a bath in a dirty tub so why would you wash your dishes in a dirty dishwasher?
FINISH® Dishwasher Cleaner deep cleans and removes grease and lime scale build up. And it’s so easy to use!
I just removed the sticker from the top of the bottle without removing the cap. Making sure my dishwasher was empty, I placed the bottle upside down in a dish rack or in a secure position and ran the dishwasher. (For best results, use once a month).
Wow! I can’t believe how clean my dishwasher looks now!
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Jacque @ theDIYvillage says
September 19, 2013 at 2:37 pmI love this product! We used it at our old house to get a few rust spots off the dishwasher (mainly because I never used it … whoops) and it worked like a dream! Best part is that they always have coupons in the Sunday paper!
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
September 19, 2013 at 3:45 pmBlurg, we get the WORST spots on our dishes because the water is really hard here in Chicago! Definitely going to give Finish a try and see if we can’t clean up those dishes a bit, thanks!
Heather SettingforFour says
September 20, 2013 at 2:00 amFinish is a great way to deal with water spots Jessi!!
Marie Blackburn says
September 19, 2013 at 8:43 pmThis post was rather timely. As I type this I’m running my dishwasher for the second time this morning because they didn’t come clean the first time. This cycle I used Finish so we’ll see if there’s a difference. I must try the dishwasher cleaner – maybe that’s part of my problem.
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Heather SettingforFour says
September 20, 2013 at 12:55 amOh dear – that is so frustrating Marie! Yes – I’d try the dishwasher cleaner – it really made a huge difference and removed even the tiniest food particles that used to always remain!
Debbie Borthwick says
September 20, 2013 at 12:37 pmI only ever use Finish, it works amazing. But, you missed the Finish Quantum PowerbaLL, I’ll never use liquid or powder again. I ‘took the challenge’ a couple years ago and never looked back. I love the rinse agent and machine cleaner too.
Great post, Heather!
Debbie 🙂
Heather SettingforFour says
September 20, 2013 at 1:31 pmOh – thanks Debbie – I’ll have to check out the powerball! Sounds amazing!
Laura Beth says
September 20, 2013 at 12:44 pmI LOVE Finish and use their product all the time!! We used to get awful water spots, but now we are all CLEAR!
sharon Irons says
September 23, 2013 at 1:20 pmI will look for this product today at Publix. I am so tired of re-washing dishes and glasses
Heather SettingforFour says
September 23, 2013 at 2:47 pmOh great Sharon – hope you find it there!! I know it’s so frustrating isn’t it?
kristin maynes says
September 23, 2013 at 2:01 pmThank you for this! I’ve been struggling with this for many months…grrrr! I’ll grab some dishwasher cleaner and see if it helps. 🙂
Heather SettingforFour says
September 23, 2013 at 2:47 pmI hope it does Kristin – it really made a difference to use the dishwasher cleaner for me!
At The Picket Fence says
September 25, 2013 at 12:49 amWill definitely have to try this! Thanks for the information.
Heather
Kristin @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia says
September 27, 2013 at 4:10 pmI love this! Thanks Heather for the tips and info.
XO
Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking says
September 28, 2013 at 2:42 amWow! That’s one shiny clean dishwasher & dishes… Thanks for the great tip Heather!
Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking says
September 28, 2013 at 2:42 amWow! That’s one shiny clean dishwasher & dishes… Thanks for the great tip Heather!
Roseann Squire says
February 27, 2017 at 9:23 amthis is a great cleaning tip! my dishwasher is sparkling. thanks for the product recommendation.