Dishwasher not cleaning properly? Try these tips

Please be advised BlvdHome will not be responsible for any damage or further issues caused to your appliance by trying these methods yourself. If you don't feel comfortable trying the methods shown in this video, call a professional to help you.
Your dishwasher may not be cleaning your dishes as it should, but with these tips, you may be able to unlock the full potential of your dishwasher.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Water Usage
1:02 - The Filter
4:00 - Captured Water
5:19 - Hard Water
7:08 - Etched Dishes
8:29 - Dishes Won't Dry
10:14 - Wash Cycles

[@amreen9697]

Oh my gosh, we spent all day trying to figure out what the problem was then searching and budgeting to afford a new machine turns out the food trap wasn't locked in properly and that's what stopped the machine from washing.. all good now THANK YOU!!!

[@crisrocha4802]

Yup me too, just bought a new dishwasher because we thought the old didn't wash, turns out the filter tray wasn't locked in place. Jeeez

[@Marscandy1]

Lordy, I did the same thing…🤦‍♀️

[@user-ng2qx4xd1b]

This was probably the best dishwasher issue video I have come a crossed. So informative and well thought.

[@BoulevardHome]

Thanks! Be sure to let us know what else you'd like to see from us!

[@dopapier]

Extremely clear. Thank you. I know the background music is very quiet but it is entirely unnecessary. It is an amateur effect on a professional presentation.

[@ndisabatino]

Thank you for your tutorial! Explaining the "why" and "how" is so valuable. This is a video that every dishwasher owner should watch and I have bookmarked it as a reference for others. Well done.

[@tonyeatspizza]

Thanks for making such a great informative and well edited video about dishwashers!! Definitely one of the best “home improvement “ type videos I’ve seen! Great job!

[@GerarddeSouza-yt3fc]

After my recent rigmarole with my Samsung (It does not have a removable filter; I have to get in there with a screwdriver and take it apart to get gunk), I've decided dishwashers are so high maintenance (this video proves that) that I am tempted that when my machine finally dies, I will just go back to hand washing. By the time I rinse by hand I may as well finish washing. Appliances should make our lives easier, not be more complicated than the task it replaces.

[@johnnybananas751]

This is a VERY informative video. Thank you so much for breaking this down! I learned so much from this! Great video angles, lighting and instruction from this gentleman. As a courtesy, your slide explaining phosphates has a typo in it. In addition, including the equivalent volume of water in liters might be helpful to our friends who use the metric system. It is: 11.35-30.28 Liters Excellent Job!

[@susankeating3944]

Fantastic at explaining things in a way the average person can understand.

[@sciencebygabrawy]

This vid was by far the best out of all dishwasher videos! Thank you so much, sir!

[@andreaabbott6315]

Definitely helpful to me! Thanks for taking the time and making such a clear tutorial!

[@barryschuster7637]

Blake, that was a fantastic use of my time to learn so much about my dishwasher that has been sitting for many years with standard use- but NO cleaning. I appreciate your training.

[@nicholaslerner9329]

That was an excellent presentation! Well spoken, and easy to understand! Thank you 😊👍

[@martinjcallaghan]

Really useful and so simple. Thank you!

[@occamsshavecream4541]

Amazingly helpful video, thank you!

[@erionomeri007]

Excellent help! Thanks so much! Great job!!!

[@pete9688]

I’m going to have to clean out that filter. I never would have thought that the filter wound impede the cleaning process. Thanks brother. Good video!

[@jamessturgeon7025]

Really informative! Explained some things I’d heard about our Miele, for example, but never understood the reason for.

[@KristenHalliburton]

Thank you so much!!! I like the background music too. Great video!!! Very well made🥰

[@renewilliams1314]

I shared this with several people after finding that my filter was beyond GROSS! Had to soak the parts in bleach and scrub them with a brush and COMET cleanser, then run an empty cycle. We have very HARD mountain water and I have added the LemonShine to at least one load/week.

[@darlenewatkins4999]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! You helped me to not have to have a service call!!

[@tlynn7043]

Wow I can’t tell you how helpful this was. This addressed every issue I was having with my new dishwasher. I wish I had just kept the old one, but this information will make life much easier.

[@Chanel31113]

Great video!!! I learned so much about dishwashers from this.

[@johnkim1043]

So helpful!!! thank you very much!

[@katebeedot6964]

Finally! The dishwasher explained, thank you

[@peacefull_moment]

Very informative and straightforward. I appreciate the professional yet humble persona.

[@nicholecupo6674]

Sir you just won the most informative video of dishwashing even though Wayne is up there from Sears!! Thank you so much seriously. I just sipped to my coffee with the etching.

[@Mars_60]

Excellent explanations!

[@plantladyling]

This was great! Thank you!

[@nisanconiker2087]

Learned so much - thanks!

[@zahnmanretired8572]

I’m very impressed! Everything made made sense, especially the fact that newer machines use less water and are thrown off by dishes that retain water. WHO KNEW?!? And, adding a dirty dish with the AUTO setting, confusing the sensor……brilliant engineering but open to problems. Many Thanks!

[@annieho5327]

This is an excellent tutorial!! Thank you so much. Took seconds to fix the rinse issue on my dishwasher. Certainly beats spending hundreds of dollars to call in a plumber. Many thanks indeed for this video.

[@rsig5850]

11-30-2023 Thanks Blake, awesome video . I'll be sharing this content with all my loved ones. These tips will definitely save many headaches and a bunch of cash.

[@merqury5]

Great presentation!

[@arethaarchat556]

Well done sir! Great video

[@gregnicholls2524]

Have been combing thru videos on fixing my DW..and this is the best. TY!

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad to hear that, thanks for watching!

[@lindaarguello2803]

Very informative ! Thank you

[@lexijones8019]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@sup3rfud243]

Great video! Thanks for the info.

[@simonshrouder3476]

Really useful.Thank you.

[@barbarawaldowski9653]

EXCELLENT INFO!!!!!

[@jennifercheyne3465]

This is brilliant! We should have to watch videos like these before we’re allowed to install a new dishwasher. We just installed a Cove/Sub Zero dishwasher and already dishes weren’t clean. I think they will be now!

[@triciamaxson7283]

Thank you so much. Reallt informative

[@holly6075]

very helpful, thank you

[@davidmilner8778]

Excellent video

[@philhanlon5073]

Excellent and very clear video. 🎉🎉🎉

[@jefbiggs1583]

Thanks very much. This is the best video I've ever fou s on dishwashers

[@BoulevardHome]

We're so glad to hear that, thanks for watching!

[@wce1972]

This was soo very helpful to me!!

[@cynthiadudal9301]

Thanks ❤️ very informative

[@debsantana1182]

Thank you so much!

[@kurtisclayton7888]

Very informative video thank you.

[@jamescarlson486]

Excellent! Thanks

[@EJCmkechi]

Fantastic! I started cleaning the washer arms and I got a LOT of stuff out of them. Tomato seeds, grape stems, plastic wrap, you name it. SO helpful. Thank you.

[@BoulevardHome]

We're glad to hear that! Thanks for watching.

[@lucienr]

Very informative video ! It was well done. Thank you ! :)

[@lovethosebudgies]

Excellent video.

[@user-be9jp5br6w]

Great video the filter needed cleaning forgot about it!! Thank you so much!❤

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad to hear you got it figured out, thanks for watching!

[@user-be9jp5br6w]

@@BoulevardHome hi all, my reasoning was thst fishwashers need detergent do why extra cleajing? I didnt realize it is hard water buildup! Good luck to all!

[@pemayangchen4586]

Thank you ❤

[@045594270]

Thank you so much.

[@jessicachooooooooo]

Really helpful video! Thank you very much! 😊

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad to hear that, thanks for watching!

[@sherryzmezzo]

Thank you!

[@bryanheath8138]

Thanks for the information. You very well explain several mechanical properties of dishwashers. Many of us are concerned about health and environmental impacts of the cleaning compounds used in dishwasher detergents these days. Do you care to comment?

[@wonderpan]

Wow , in such detail and with such great examples....Now I am going to check these out on my dishwasher and even after that if it doesn't clean , I won't be disappointed. I am just glad that I saw this video :)

[@christelkuhn5202]

Oh wow what a lesson ... thank yo

[@jackyou7598]

Thanks. Great information of easy maintenance steps, which we did not know before watching your video.

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad to hear that it was helpful!

[@deedeescott9506]

Thank you so much !!! I knew none of this!!!!

[@arifshaikh3483]

Fantastic

[@tompastian3447]

Additional tips... some older dishwashers have no filter. They may have a built in disposal. My Whirlpool Imperial (2004 date) has a filter inside the door, which is apparently a vent filter that needs to be checked occasionally. If there is no water in the bottom of your dishwasher after it has finished washing, then your dishwasher is draining properly. Check the bottom of the dishwasher to make sure it's clear of old food and items that may have dropped into the bottom. Make sure the spray arms rotate freely. Very important, using the excellent Whirlpool Imperial (an older model from about 20 years ago) as an example, if you have a door that dispenses the dishwasher soap, check to see if that door is open when the entire cleaning cycle is finished. If it has not opened, and there is still soap inside that compartment, that means no soap is being dispensed on the second cycle of your wash. Generally you should have a compartment with no door, filled with soap for the first wash, and a compartment with a door and a latch that opens when the second cycle of wash begins. Both compartments need to be filled with soap before the first wash cycle begins. If you see that the door on the compartment has not opened, you can by pass that problem by doing the following. When the first cycle of your wash has finished, the machine will pump out the water and refill, then the second wash cycle begins. Shortly after that second cycle begins, you can open the door, refill the compartment with no door with soap, and close the door. Now you will have soap to do it's job in cleaning the second cycle of your wash. On the Whirlpool Imperial, approximately 20 minutes is the amount of time you have from the initial start to when the second wash cycle begins. Either watch the clock or set a timer so you can add soap in 20 minutes. Sometimes that door may not open because you have loaded something against the soap compartment door. Other common cleaning problems are due to improper positioning of items in the washer. Load your dishes so water from the spray arms can spray on the surface of items you want washed. I'm not a fan of the newer dishwashers, using less water, and having controls hidden at the top of the door so you have to open the door to see what the settings are. Whirlpool still offers models with face mounted controls, see whirlpool's website. The only problem I've had with the Whirlpool Imperial, manufactured 2004, was a temperature sensor. I removed the inner door panel and bypassed that sensor. The machine has worked fine for years without that sensor. I did have to clean the vent filter inside the door once. This machine sold at Brandsmart for 300 dollars, and has cleaned far better than the Kitchen Aid dishwasher I had previously, which cost over 500 dollars.

[@alankelly662]

Very good video

[@sammysam7070]

Excellent presentation!!!

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad it was helpful!

[@BarbaraKronfeld]

So informative. Thank you. ❤ 13:01 13:01

[@joym8047]

What a great video! I wish you had a branch in my location. Thanks!

[@i8dpie]

Excellent tutorial.

[@BoulevardHome]

Thanks for watching!

[@gglucidox3327]

Awesome video, thank you so much

[@BoulevardHome]

My pleasure!

[@InDatParish]

Best video I’ve ever seen 👌

[@anitarajput11]

Thanks angel

[@Herschelhimself]

Bless you

[@BoulevardHome]

Bless you!

[@robertovicenca7000]

I just resolved my issue. Thanks for your video

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad we could help! Thanks for watching

[@JasonSmith-qx3zh]

Super great info thanks so let go see what works⁉️❤

[@ezetobebad]

I hadn't locked my filter into place - thanks for the tips

[@dale3404]

I just discovered the same. Fingers crossed that this is the problem. I’m also going to get Lemi shone..

[@ezetobebad]

@@dale3404 Hi, mine is all good now, and the smell inside the d/washer has also disappeared. good luck

[@s0012823]

Good video, thnx! I alway use quick wash with the lowest energy consumption (you can look that up in the manual), I don't use rinse agent, I only buy glass or ceramic plates, glasses. The few plastic things I have I pull out and place on the kitchen desk for drying. As said here rinse agent doesn't work with plastic as well. Save money!

[@Psychmart123]

Tysm ❤

[@jjuang2022]

3:06 yes I won’t lie, this is what drew me to the video 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@veronicakavorkian6233]

This is fantastic! Thank you! My machine wasn't cleaning well and it was all my fault.

[@BoulevardHome]

We're glad we could help!

[@zsuzsannamatalucci4318]

Great explanation! Thank you. Can you please help with another issue? Our new dishwasher cleans ok, but in the end , we still found some small particles of detergent or food as specifically in the cups.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

I have a £189 dishwasher which i only use on 30 minute wash. Rinse food of plates and never use rinse aid or heated drying. When the fast 30 minute cycle is finished, i remove all pots, pans, cutlery basket and plastics leaving them out to dry overnight. We have two full sets of plates etc so no panic to have it dry quickly for reuse. Clean the filters once a month by dumping them in boiling water and bleach then give them a good scrub. Almost three years old and hasn't let me down yet.

[@BoulevardHome]

Sounds like a great system, thanks for sharing!

[@thecaribbean8615]

I quit using Whirlpool. I just finished placing my five year old Whirlpool dishwasher on the curb after 3+ repairs (both boards and water leaks). Repairs are high between year 2 and year 5. I am now using LG until Whirlpool (also sold under multiple names like kitchen-aide) fixes their reliability problems so that their dishwashers provide higher reliability between years 2 and 5. As with most newer appliances, the kitchen appliance industry is struggling with circuit board designs and are still learning how to make circuit boards that are water proof and last 10 years (durable goods requirement) without failures resulting from aging components like capacitors. Of course, the appliance industry redefined durable goods as 10 years of reliability on a few mechanical parts only. In reality, durable goods applies to the entire unit. Like cars, loss of market share will sooner or later result in an effort to remedy the reliability issues. First, they need to hire engineers that now how to specify the electronic components properly (i.e. military grade) source control specifications.

[@francineeubanks9327]

I’m sorry to hear that you have had such a bad time. I’ve had my whirlpool since 2005. But LG refrigerator’s I’ve had 5 of them and Samsung 3 of one type and and 3 of another. I think it is like a car made on a Monday or a Friday 😅😮. They don’t want us to keep appliances 4 ever they want us to throw them out and get new. Not like our parents who still have there 1st appliance ‘s.

[@crystalaber1836]

Any suggestions with water softener.

[@Rr-cq3sk]

Thank you for the information. I run the dishwasher only when it is full, about once (or occasionally twice) a week. I do rinse off all debris before loading, reason, fear of dry food on the dishes may not come off totally. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.

[@lukecico5155]

For gods sake. We have a one year old Bosch, and the dishes and glasses were coming out gunky. I cleaned the drain hoses, but they seemed fine. Still gunky. The first this guy shows is what happens when the filter isn’t locked. It wasn’t locked. The outside surface of that cylindrical filter was all gunked up. Inside was clean. I think that was it.

[@fivemountains2224]

Hi Boulevard Home, Currently, my dishwasher Blanco BFDWC65X has got a problem, that is... after complete a washing cycle that water inside was gradually built up and become overflow out !! I wonder whether you have been through this issue before ?? How to fix it ?? Is there anything to do with the float underneath the machine ?? Note: The machine functions fine except that issue. Love to hear your opinion - Thanks

[@spoonofflavoursbyzari]

Thanq

[@Teamster83]

Thanz for the video my dishwasher been messing up about to buy a new one checked the filter it wasnt in all the way

[@BoulevardHome]

Glad to hear you were able to find the problem! Thanks for watching!

[@JackieBarnett-bq7ru]

Can u do with older type dishwasher

[@keciameecia]

What type of vinegar do you use?

[@markm4642]

Really helpful video, great tips. Any advice if you don't have a disposal and the water in your filter is always dirty?

[@BoulevardHome]

We will reach out to our service tech and see if they have any suggestions.

[@JimTMcDaniels1]

Also listen to the motor pump to see if it sounds like it is making a surging cavitation sound, indicating it is pumping air some of the time, low water level. Manually add some water to the dishwasher cycle to see if the cavitation sound goes away. If so then research your model, to increase the water level. Take care

[@rupalpanchal9235]

Hi, I purchased a dishwasher last month. I has few doubts which I suppose your vdo has cleared, thank you for that. One more thing, why are the vessels little smelly after wash, I mean they have food odour...can you please help me?

[@Diana199052]

Lemi Shine has dish washing tablets too and they are the only ones I can use.

[@BoulevardHome]

We're big fans of Lemi Shine ourselves!

[@HillProductions2]

Really needed this video! Just moved into our new condo. Only three of us, including child, so we hand wash. Shocked and horrified to see water leaking out of Gallery dishwasher. Opened it up and it was full of standing water! I bailed water out then took apart the glass trap, sprayer arm and that disk filter. More dirty water down there but am not going any further. Standing water removed, items appear back in their proper places. Wondering if I need to have drainage cleared out of pipes?

[@annblachly8068]

Do you have a food disposer in your sink? It is attached to the dishwasher and the disposer may need repaired or replaced as water is backing up into the dishwasher you don't use.

[@GPSniper1]

how do i clean the KitchenAid new microfilter system for deep clean?

[@terryday804]

After I remove the filter, should there be water under it? Not in the bottom of my tub but under the filter which is hard to see but I can feel the water.

[@jespertuominen5387]

My utencil rack which is at the top doesnt seem to be getting much water. Is there anything i can do to get the water all the way up