It is easier than it seems.
Manufacturers advise cleaning the car about once a month. But this is a general recommendation. Perhaps in your case the device will have to be washed more often or less. It depends on how exactly you are used to using the device.
Keep in mind that the car is polluted faster if:
- You turn it on once a day and more often;
- forget to leave the door open after washing (in this case, the internal elements of the machine dry longer and mold may appear on them);
- You have too hard water, but you forget to add a special softening salt for the dishwasher to the provided for this;
- Load a very dirty dish – with burnt food, frozen fat, dried up pieces of dough;
- run the sink at low water temperature (for example, to save electricity);
- used to use only gentle detergents that are simply not able to wash serious pollution;
- Put in a camera not designed for washing dishes in the dishwasher, for example, disposable or wooden.
However, even under such severe operating conditions, the machine can remain clean for a long time. Determine that it is time to rinse it, you can according to well -defined signs.
How to understand that it is time to clean the dishwasher
Here are a few main symptoms:
- Unpleasant smell from the working chamber.
- Poor washing of dishes: on plates, pots, cups, as a result, there are whitish stains from water or a bold raid.
- Particles of food are observed inside the camera or on the dishes taken out of it.
- Rust and mineral deposits are noticeable on the internal surfaces of the tank.
- On the filter and spraying of water spraying, an indelible coating is visible.
- You notice that water leaves slower than usual, or starts to leak.
If any of these signs appeared, the car clearly needs complex cleaning. Act sequentially.
How to clean the baskets of a dishwasher
Photo: VLADYSLAV Lehir / Shutterstock
Baskets are those lattice pallets on which the dishes are located. They can accumulate the remains of food, especially in the form of long fibers, and fat.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Soft microfiber wipes.
- Sponge for washing dishes.
- Old toothbrush with soft pile.
- Washing solution. The easiest way to prepare it is to dissolve a couple of tablespoons for washing dishes in a liter of warm water.
- Pure water.
What to do
Remove the baskets from the guides, if possible, and soak for several minutes in a detergent solution. Infaline elements will have to be washed directly in the car, pushing them out as much as possible.
Remove all large food remnants. Then, with the help of the sponge, wipe the lattices thoroughly from all sides. To clean out inaccessible places in the bends of the baskets, use the toothbrush.
Shot: @Miss Cleanliness / YouTube
Rinse baskets with clean water. Wipe with wipes to remove excess moisture. Set the parts to the place if they removed them.
How to clean the filters of a dishwasher
Some manufacturers recommend cleaning these elements after each wash of the dishes. The fact is that the filter system delays in itself particles of food, so as not to let them score drain. If this garbage is not removed in time, it decomposes and can cause an unpleasant odor. In addition, due to contaminated filters, drainage of water from the machine is complicated.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Soft microfiber wipes.
- The screwdriver is optional.
- Sponge.
- Dishwashing liquid.
What to do
Disconnect the dishwasher from the network and close the water supply valve.
Pull out the mesh filter. Usually it is located on the lower panel of the dishwasher, next to the sprinklers of water spray.
Frame: @oleg home&Family / YouTube
If you have a modern dishwasher, it will not be difficult to extract the filter: it is enough to pull it up or unscrew it. In older models, you may have to use the screwdriver.
Frame: @oleg home&Family / YouTube
Inspect the filter for pollution. Remove the largest food residues and other garbage, for example, pieces of plastic dishes.
Rinse the part under the warm running water. If there are a lot of fat on spare parts, use the sponge and a dishes for washing.
Glue a clean filter with an absorbing napkin to remove excess moisture, and set in place. Make sure that the marking arrows applied to the bottom of the dishwasher and one of the sides of the part, after installation, indicate each other.
How to clean the spray of a dishwasher
Sprayers, or spray rockers, provide the intake and uniform distribution of water inside the chamber of the dishwasher. If they are clogged, the dishes will be washed poorly: it will remain stains and fat traces.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Pinzet or toothpick.
- Microfiber napkins.
- Sponge.
What to do
Carefully inspect the holes (nozzles) of the spray bean from which water comes from pollution.
Frame: @oleg home&Family / YouTube
If you see dirt or food residues, try to remove them with tweezers or toothpicks. But in no case do not push the garbage into the nozzles!
If the parts are very contaminated, remove the lower and upper atomizers, as indicated in the instructions for the machine. Most often the upper blade is unscrewed, and you can remove the lower one, simply gently pulling it upward.
Wash the parts under warm running water, if necessary using a sponge. Then wipe the blades with wipes and set in place.
How to clean the seals and the “dead zones” of the dishwasher
Fat, food residues and other garbage accumulate not only on filters and open surfaces of the device, but also in hard -to -reach places. For example, on rubber gaskets between the door and the body.
In addition, garbage can get into the lower part of the door – the so -called dead zone where water does not penetrate during washing. An unpleasant smell may appear because of this.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Dishwashing liquid.
- Sponge.
- Toothbrush with soft bristles.
- Microfiber napkins.
- Water.
What to do
Carefully inspect the seals and the bottom of the door. Remove large, noticeable garbage.
Then wipe the elements with a sponge with a detergent applied to it. If pollution is difficult to get, use a toothbrush.
Rinse the seals and the “dead zone” with a napkin moistened in clean water. Wipe dry.
How to clean the working chamber of a dishwasher
This is the final part of the cleaning. It makes sense to proceed to it only if you are sure that there are no large -scale contaminants on other elements of the dishwasher.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Soft microfiber wipes.
- A special remedy for cleaning dishwashers. Vinegar and food soda – optionally.
What to do
Prepare a washing solution. Most often, manufacturers recommend using only special products for cleaning dishwashers. It is they who most effectly and safely remove fat, raid, mold and rust.
You can buy such funds in ordinary supermarkets. As a rule, this is a plastic container with a liquid composition sealed by a membrane that dissolves under the influence of hot water. But there are options in the form of familiar tablets.
Install the cleaning product in the dishwasher, as shown in the instructions attached to it. Run the washing cycle at maximum temperature.
If there is no store product, but it is necessary to clean the equipment, some craftsmen recommend using ordinary table vinegar and soda. To do this, put a glass glass in the lower basket of the dishwasher. Pour vinegar into it, close the car.
Shot: @Miss Cleanliness / YouTube
Run the full sink cycle. When it ends, remove the glass and sprinkle soda to the bottom.
Shot: @Miss Cleanliness / YouTube
Close the car for at least a few hours, for example at night. In the morning, run another full sink cycle.
Manufacturers advise cleaning the car about once a month. But this is a general recommendation. Perhaps in your case the device will have to be washed more often or less. It depends on how exactly you are used to using the device.
Keep in mind that the car is polluted faster if:
- You turn it on once a day and more often;
- forget to leave the door open after washing (in this case, the internal elements of the machine dry longer and mold may appear on them);
- You have too hard water, but you forget to add a special softening salt for the dishwasher to the provided for this;
- Load a very dirty dish – with burnt food, frozen fat, dried up pieces of dough;
- run the sink at low water temperature (for example, to save electricity);
- used to use only gentle detergents that are simply not able to wash serious pollution;
- Put in a camera not designed for washing dishes in the dishwasher, for example, disposable or wooden.
However, even under such severe operating conditions, the machine can remain clean for a long time. Determine that it is time to rinse it, you can according to well -defined signs.
How to understand that it is time to clean the dishwasher
Here are a few main symptoms:
- Unpleasant smell from the working chamber.
- Poor washing of dishes: on plates, pots, cups, as a result, there are whitish stains from water or a bold raid.
- Particles of food are observed inside the camera or on the dishes taken out of it.
- Rust and mineral deposits are noticeable on the internal surfaces of the tank.
- On the filter and spraying of water spraying, an indelible coating is visible.
- You notice that water leaves slower than usual, or starts to leak.
If any of these signs appeared, the car clearly needs complex cleaning. Act sequentially.
How to clean the baskets of a dishwasher
Photo: VLADYSLAV Lehir / Shutterstock
Baskets are those lattice pallets on which the dishes are located. They can accumulate the remains of food, especially in the form of long fibers, and fat.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Soft microfiber wipes.
- Sponge for washing dishes.
- Old toothbrush with soft pile.
- Washing solution. The easiest way to prepare it is to dissolve a couple of tablespoons for washing dishes in a liter of warm water.
- Pure water.
What to do
Remove the baskets from the guides, if possible, and soak for several minutes in a detergent solution. Infaline elements will have to be washed directly in the car, pushing them out as much as possible.
Remove all large food remnants. Then, with the help of the sponge, wipe the lattices thoroughly from all sides. To clean out inaccessible places in the bends of the baskets, use the toothbrush.
Shot: @Miss Cleanliness / YouTube
Rinse baskets with clean water. Wipe with wipes to remove excess moisture. Set the parts to the place if they removed them.
How to clean the filters of a dishwasher
Some manufacturers recommend cleaning these elements after each wash of the dishes. The fact is that the filter system delays in itself particles of food, so as not to let them score drain. If this garbage is not removed in time, it decomposes and can cause an unpleasant odor. In addition, due to contaminated filters, drainage of water from the machine is complicated.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Soft microfiber wipes.
- The screwdriver is optional.
- Sponge.
- Dishwashing liquid.
What to do
Disconnect the dishwasher from the network and close the water supply valve.
Pull out the mesh filter. Usually it is located on the lower panel of the dishwasher, next to the sprinklers of water spray.
Frame: @oleg home&Family / YouTube
If you have a modern dishwasher, it will not be difficult to extract the filter: it is enough to pull it up or unscrew it. In older models, you may have to use the screwdriver.
Frame: @oleg home&Family / YouTube
Inspect the filter for pollution. Remove the largest food residues and other garbage, for example, pieces of plastic dishes.
Rinse the part under the warm running water. If there are a lot of fat on spare parts, use the sponge and a dishes for washing.
Glue a clean filter with an absorbing napkin to remove excess moisture, and set in place. Make sure that the marking arrows applied to the bottom of the dishwasher and one of the sides of the part, after installation, indicate each other.
How to clean the spray of a dishwasher
Sprayers, or spray rockers, provide the intake and uniform distribution of water inside the chamber of the dishwasher. If they are clogged, the dishes will be washed poorly: it will remain stains and fat traces.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Pinzet or toothpick.
- Microfiber napkins.
- Sponge.
What to do
Carefully inspect the holes (nozzles) of the spray bean from which water comes from pollution.
Frame: @oleg home&Family / YouTube
If you see dirt or food residues, try to remove them with tweezers or toothpicks. But in no case do not push the garbage into the nozzles!
If the parts are very contaminated, remove the lower and upper atomizers, as indicated in the instructions for the machine. Most often the upper blade is unscrewed, and you can remove the lower one, simply gently pulling it upward.
Wash the parts under warm running water, if necessary using a sponge. Then wipe the blades with wipes and set in place.
How to clean the seals and the “dead zones” of the dishwasher
Fat, food residues and other garbage accumulate not only on filters and open surfaces of the device, but also in hard -to -reach places. For example, on rubber gaskets between the door and the body.
In addition, garbage can get into the lower part of the door – the so -called dead zone where water does not penetrate during washing. An unpleasant smell may appear because of this.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Dishwashing liquid.
- Sponge.
- Toothbrush with soft bristles.
- Microfiber napkins.
- Water.
What to do
Carefully inspect the seals and the bottom of the door. Remove large, noticeable garbage.
Then wipe the elements with a sponge with a detergent applied to it. If pollution is difficult to get, use a toothbrush.
Rinse the seals and the “dead zone” with a napkin moistened in clean water. Wipe dry.
How to clean the working chamber of a dishwasher
This is the final part of the cleaning. It makes sense to proceed to it only if you are sure that there are no large -scale contaminants on other elements of the dishwasher.
What will be needed
- Latex gloves.
- Soft microfiber wipes.
- A special remedy for cleaning dishwashers. Vinegar and food soda – optionally.
What to do
Prepare a washing solution. Most often, manufacturers recommend using only special products for cleaning dishwashers. It is they who most effectly and safely remove fat, raid, mold and rust.
You can buy such funds in ordinary supermarkets. As a rule, this is a plastic container with a liquid composition sealed by a membrane that dissolves under the influence of hot water. But there are options in the form of familiar tablets.
Install the cleaning product in the dishwasher, as shown in the instructions attached to it. Run the washing cycle at maximum temperature.
If there is no store product, but it is necessary to clean the equipment, some craftsmen recommend using ordinary table vinegar and soda. To do this, put a glass glass in the lower basket of the dishwasher. Pour vinegar into it, close the car.
Shot: @Miss Cleanliness / YouTube
Run the full sink cycle. When it ends, remove the glass and sprinkle soda to the bottom.
Shot: @Miss Cleanliness / YouTube
Close the car for at least a few hours, for example at night. In the morning, run another full sink cycle.