Using Vinegar As Rinse Aid.

[windywillow]

Has anyone tried using vinegar in the dishwasher instead of rinse aid? I'm considering trying it but the thought of vinegar-tasting dishes is putting me off.

Has anyone tried it? Does it leave a taste/smell of vinegar?

[Vagus]

I haven’t used it, Windy, but I have stopped using rinse aid at all, simply because the seal on the bit you squirt it into has come away and can’t be fixed.
I haven’t noticed any difference to be honest.

[Hopkirk]

Why on earth would you use vinegar?

[windywillow]

Thanks Vagus.

I'm having trouble with dishes not coming out clean and I've tried different tablets with varying results. Thought I'd try different rinse aid.

[bobbinwales]

white vinegar is a good cleaner for machines but am not sure its a rinse aider - altho may be it helps glass look shiney

[windywillow]

Sorry Hopkirk, didn't see you there.

Some folk recommend it as a natural alternative. That's why I asked if anyone had tried it.

[bobbinwales]

more likely the problem is filters need cleaning or your putting in things with potato on, that always leaves things with a starchey coat

[Atheist]

I'm a very good dishwasher, but I never drink vinegar.

[windywillow]

Thanks bobbin. I've given it a thorough clean, including the filters.

I always make sure my dishes don't have food stuck on them before I put them in the dishwasher.

[Hymie]

Mrs Hymie places a shallow yogurt pot full of white vinegar beneath the bottom rotating spray arms in each dishwasher load. This stops residual streaking on glassware – and is better than any of the commercially available products claiming to achieve this.

There is no residual vinegar on the dishes after the wash cycles.

[Smowball]

In every cycle Hymie? x

[1ozzy]

Our town water supply is very hard water.
To stop a gradual build up of calcium we add a splash of white vinegar to the dishwasher every time.
Works wonders, doesn't leave a residual taste or smell.

[emmie]

use white vinegar, you can buy it in any good hardware store like Robert dyas.

[MargoTester]

All the supermarkets sell white vinegar too

[emmie]

some do, i couldn't get any from waitrose or Dyas, so bought it on line.

[windywillow]

Thanks all, I'm going to give it a go.

[Zacs-Master]

Never ever used rinse aid. No need if you buy decent 'tablets'.

[Bobbisox1]

White vinegar is very versatile , My Mum would even rinse my long hair in it to make it shiny and to stave off any little ‘ beasties’

[barry1010]

My wife used to rinse her hair in beer, bobbi.

[youngmafbog]

I dont get this - just do as ZM says.

Anyhow Rinseaid is cheap and lasts ages if you must use it.

As for hard water, dishwashers have a water softener in them - that is what the salt is for,

[Etch]

No rinse aid, of any sort, used here since the catch on the dispenser flap broke. We do use "all-in-on" tablets, and the only time we get 'streaking' is when the salt reservoir runs out.