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Recommend your favorite detergent for the dishwasher

I will need to buy detergent soon for the dishwasher and am in the market for something new.  We keep having problems with the glasses looking cloudy.  I recently bought the Lemi-Shine I had heard such wonderful things about, but I don't think they look any better.  So now I am off to try something different.

Do you use liquid, powder, or those little gel pac things?  What brand do you think works best?

Thanks!

Re: Recommend your favorite detergent for the dishwasher

  • I have been using those Cascade Gel Packs for about 4 years now and have loved them.  Until recently.  It seems the last package I bought is defective and it seems that the gel pack does not dissolve and the dishes are not cleaned.  :  So I am now in the market for some new disher washer soap.  
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  • I always used Finish (electrosol) Gel packs. STBXH always told me to never use the powder because it leaves a film on the inner working of the dishwasher and causes it to breakdown sooner then it should. I do not know if this is true or not but I didnt want to take that chance
  • I've been using the Finish Powder packs since I moved in with DH four years ago - it's one of those products he started using because his mom used them, and there was no changing his thoughts on them :)  They work great.
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  • We use Finish (Electrasol) Gel.  We have an old dishwasher in our apt, and the gel pacs that fit into the dishwasher at my old apt. don't fit in this one.  I was using the target brand for a while, but it wasn't working well for whatever reason.  The Finish works great though! 
  • I use Cascade and LemiShine.  I put the Cascade Liquid in the pre-wash section and the Lemi Shine in the regular section.  I've had major issues ever since they took the phosphates out of the detergents.
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  • We have always used Cascade but recently started using the liquid. I love it. I don't think I have noticed spots on any of our dishes since we started to use it.
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  • I heard that putting vinegar in the dishwasher before you start it helps.

    We have been doing that and I am not sure if I think it really helps. We have the same problem with the glasses looking cloudy. Its weird that only some of them look this way and others dont.

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  • Must be nice to have a dishwasher ;) The last THREE houses I have lived in do not have this much needed appliance. The first two houses were in Hyde Park and were never upgraded since they were built and my current house the hubby bought before he met me. I definitely would have requested a dishwasher!
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  • Thanks everyone!  Guess I will try the Finish gel pacs as they seem to be popular.
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