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Anonymous Posted on Feb 14, 2010

Soap isn't rinsing clean. It looks like there's a

Soap isn't rinsing clean. It looks like there's a teaspoon of crystalized soap (looks like salt) in the glasses. Mostly on the top shelf.

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Hi this is not salt or detergent. This is likely to be lime/calcium. Go to home depot or a similar hardware store and buy a gallon of lime-away or similar product. Start the dishwasher on pots and pans then once the dishwasher has filled with water open the door and pour around 2 cups of lime-away in. Let the entire cycle run and then repeat this once a week until the problem clears up. Once the problem clears up repeat this once every 3 months to prevent the problem returning. If you have any other questions please feel free to comment. Mike

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