Dishwasher I am moving into a new home with an existing dishwasher. This appliance appears to be newer, but when looking inside, the tub and door have a huge mineral/calcium build up. I am assuming its from the hard water that is pumped through. What do you recommend to remove the hard caked on deposits? Thanks for any advice. Nancy

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Its a lime buildup.go to an industrial cleaning supply wharehouse (maybe home depot-lowes),and get delime.you can go to a supermarket and buy c.l.r. (calcium lime remover) but if its real bad you need a stronger delime.simply put the delime in the unit and run it through a cycle.you may have to do this more then once to get rid of the scale.then once a month use a cup full of delime depending on the hardness of the water.

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