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Anonymous Posted on May 18, 2008

Soapy film left on dishes

I have never had this problem before, I never use a rinse aid either. But after I ran my dishwasher my dishes all had a white soapy film on them. There is water coming in, because they were a little wet and I could hear it during the cycle. There is nothing blocking the arms from spinning either. I re-ran the cycle hoping it would clean the dishes, but it was still bad.

  • Anonymous May 18, 2008

    Could it be my water softener not working??

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Turns out it was my water softener leaving hard water on my dishes...now I have to fix that.

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