Quilty-Louise

Do any of you use (now or in the past) a product called
Lemi Shine?

I have been using it for about 5-6 years if not longer. We
(hubs & I) discovered it when our dishes & drinking glasses
had a horrible cloudy look to them and nothing I tried seemed
to eliminate it and giving me back my shiny CLEAN looking
dishes.

We buy the Lemi Shine Original and put 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp.(depending
on how dirty dishes are) into the dishwasher with EVERY load. I
haven't had cloudy dishes since. I LOVE this stuff.

Yes I also continue to use a rinse agent for the dishes and Finish tablets.

The Lemi Shine also works great (although a little elbow grease might
be needed sometimes) on cleaning hard water spots around the sink/faucet.

If you might be wondering what kind of gibberish I am talking about
here is a link to the website.

Lemi Shine

joysewer

Have never used it but will definitely look for it at Walmart & Target.

NJ Quilter

Going to try to remember to check this out as well. Can't believe how horrible my dishes are with the (relatively) new (@ 5 yrs) dishwasher. Hate this blanking dishwasher! Do you know if you can use it for clothes washers with your laundry as well?

aronel

Thank you for the information, I have well water and have a problem with hard water stains.

quiltsRfun

Yes, we've been using it for quite a while. Keeps the dishwasher nice and shiny too. NJ Quilter, it's probably not your dishwasher but the detergents. They had to change the formulas recently and the detergents aren't working as well. I had the same problem with cloudy glasses, etc. until we found Lemi Shine.

leaha

thanks for the info

AngeliaNR

I buy citric acid in large bags (5 lbs.) It keeps the drains clear, the lime buildup under control, and my glasses clearer. It is pretty inexpensive--always a plus!

miriam

Citric acid has a lot of other uses, too.

NJ Quilter

Yes, I know they changed all the detergents/soaps re phosphates. I have no idea what kind of environmental damage they may have been doing but they certainly were getting clothes cleaner! We have very 'hard' water here causing all kinds of stains/build up on anything and everything. But the dishwasher is a whole different ballgame. It's a relatively new (@ 5 yr) mid-line KitchenAid. It's one that uses next to no water. It's quiet as anything but it's been a nightmare almost from the day we bought it. Can't tell you how many times the repair folks have been here. At least this last episode I was able to do an easy 're-set' and getting running again on my own.

I'll definitely be looking for this product.

lclang

It is available at Walmart in our area. It works well.