Apparently pre-rinsing confuses the dishwasher or something. Not doing it leaves me with residue all over the other dishes though ๐คท
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Use prewash detergent
Powder detergent only for both washes
Stack the dishwasher according to the manual
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Most dishwashers have a pre-rinse program, adds ~5min to the duration. It does get rid of lime residue.
It has a purpose when cleaning by hand
This was on QI.
The enzymes in the dishwasher tablets need some dirt to glom onto, to be able to work. So pre-rinsing can make them less effective.
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Are you adding detergent to the pre rinse, or are you just throwing in one of those crappy packets?
Just watched the video someone else posted. My machine doesn't have a pre-wash section as far as I can tell, but I'll throw some extra powder into the bottom for the pre-wash cycle and see how it goes.
Yp, started doing that and it worked in mine. You'll need to do some trial and error to get the right amount, but TC is right.
I swapped $40 pods that gave me 80 loads for $8 powder that lasts hundreds
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