ViscountBurrito OP t1_jdi93c3 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 4:09 PM

Reply to comment by car10los81 in LPT: If your dishes smell like detergent or have white residue, you might have hard water. If your dishwasher has its own water softener (salt dispenser), make sure it has salt and is turned on. by ViscountBurrito

With mine, dishes got to be noticeably soapy smelling, especially plastic ones, and especially if you microwaved it. It was very off-putting to me, which is why I looked into it to see what was happening. I was already running the extra rinse cycle, so there weren’t a lot of options left.

awooff t1_jdn43aa wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:10 PM

The best way to rid soap smell is to stop prerinsing or use half the detergent. Too much detergent will rust racks, rot rubber pump seals.