Try adding between a teaspoon to a heaping tablespoon of Baking Soda or Washing Soda to your dish washer soap.. Both seem to work. Baking Soda is actually food grade if that worries you. Not supposed to eat Tide pods and people use them in dishwashers. lol. So I have also used Arm and Hammer washing soda. This is also dirt cheap compared to things like Jet Dry. It not only softens the water it also knocks foaming or suddsing way down. I use a small amount of Dawn or Cascade and some Baking Soda and glasses come out crystal clear. Use dish soap at own risk. It WILL make a huge foamy mess without Baking Soda or if you get the ratio off too much. Before I tried this my dishes came out covered in horrible white spots so bad I had to hand wash them and the spots were stubborn.
I found this on ehow I believe it will help.
How to Troubleshoot Dishwasher Residue
By Dale Yalanovsky
eHow Contributor
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Dishwater residue is a fairly common occurrence, and several things can cause it. Even the newest dishwashers may leave residue, and it might have nothing to do with the actual dishwasher function itself. However, there are things you can do to prevent, limit or completely remove dishwasher residue during every washing cycle.
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I have tried the rinse agent without any improvement and the water is plenty hot enough. That leaves the dishwasher detergent which I had not changed when the problem started. It is almost as if the detergent compartment doesn't open fully limiting its ability to aide in the cleaning and then leaves residue. Any other thoughts?
In the past we have had food get stuck in the jets of the sprayers.( kids not rinsing plates). If that happens the sprayers will not shoot out enough water and may not spin.
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Hi,
I
have an older dishwasher also and recently my wife also complained
about it not cleaning right... so me being the man I am tried in vain
to clean the things... Bought new spray arms online and installed
them in minutes...now the thing works like new... However I have also
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