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I believe most dishwashers will etch , to some degree, over time with repeated washings. The type detergent you use could also factor in as well as the temp you wash at.
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This is etching caused by your water source and detergent. Begin using a detergent brand called FINISH or ELECTROSAL Also use the LEMISHINE product to clean the dishwasher internally. If you can not find LEMISHINE,start your dishwasher normally and with NO dishes. Once it starts add 2 cups of WHITE vinegar to the wash tub and let the machine run a full cycle. These steps should produce cleaner dishes and no etching. It will not remove etching from existing glassware.
This eventually happens to all glasses in dishwashers, especially if
they're lead crystal. Only Pyrex and similar types of glass are
somewhat resistant to the problem.
The whiteness is usually irreversible: it's caused by a craze of microscopic cracks in the glass surface, effectively etching the glass. There is only one occasional exception and that's where the fogging is caused by microscopic limescale deposits in the cracks when they're still not present in sufficient numbers to cause white fogging on their own. Adding a cup of white vinegar to the final rinse (if your dishwasher allows the door to be opened mid-cycle) usually clears such glasses, but is not a sure thing as those glasses are already damaged to some degree.
There are dishwashing powders/liquids/tablets which claim to be glass-friendly, but all they do is to delay the onset of glass etching. Even commercial glass-washing machines don't completely avoid the problem, but in commercial use glassware rarely lasts long enough to become cloudy.
You only have two sure ways to prevent this being a problem in future:-
1. Never put valued or lead crystal glasses in the dishwasher and to regard all others as replaceable items.
2. Handwash all glasses.
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If you have hard water, glasses can look spotted and cloudy even after cleaning. Sometimes changing the dishwasher detergent can help. The easiest solution to clearing up glasses that start to look cloudy is to add some vinegar to the bottom of the dishwasher before you start a cycle. Simply add 1/4 of white vinegar and it will clear up your glasses very well. You should see marked improvement after the first time you do this. If they are not crystal clear then simply repeat the process until all of the cloudiness is gone. In fact I recommend to using a little vinegar in each cycle to maintain the clarity of the glass. Note: you can pre-test this by rubbing some vinegar on an individual glass with a cloth. If you cannot remove the cloudiness by soaking it and rubbing vinegar on it then it is possible that the glass is etched due to harsh or cheap dishwasher detergent and vinegar will not solve the problem.
You can pre-test this by rubbing some vinegar on an individual glass with a cloth. If you cannot remove the cloudiness by soaking it and rubbing vinegar on it then it is possible that the glass is etched due to harsh or cheap dishwasher detergent and vinegar will not solve the problem. If soaking or cleaning with vinegar works then try adding some to each cycle to see if the clarity of the glasses improves.
Dishes may not be getting enough rinse water. Had the same problem before I replaced inlet valve. My fisher packel was 3.5 years old before I replaced the inlet valve due to a knocking noise, but It still ran through cleaning cycle without any alarm codes.
If the film is only on glass. wash the glass with a citrus cleaner, if they get clean then your glass ware may have been etched by your had water and the detergent from your dishwasher is staying in the etched glass.
If this is not the case, then your dishwasher might not be getting the proper volume of water, witch will decrease the pressure of the wash arm or your spray arm might be dirty.
First of all, if you're talking about actual glass as opposed to crystal, glass can etch easily. Why? Because like crystal, there are variations in its quality. Cheap glass will etch faster with the use of an electric dishwasher compared to higher quality glass.
Did you know that the main constituent in most automatic electric dishwasher detergents is sodium hydroxide (lye) and chlorine bleach (another caustic acid)
A Bosch dishwasher has very long wash cycles, further exposing your dishes to the possibility of etching damage. You should stop using the sani-rinse cycle if there is such an option and switch to a gel format detergent as opposed to a powder. Use a rinse agent such as Jet-Dry. This should solve your etching problem.
If the glasses are old or the softener has been allowed to run out of salt a few times the glasses have become etched. When hard water has soap added, the hot water and soap precipitates some of the hardness (limestone - what cement is made from) into particles and the dishwasher shoots this around in the dishwasher and "sandblasts" everything. Once the glass is etched you have to replace it. In future, a. never run out of salt. b. wash good glassware, crystal and fine china by hand.
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