Then sprinkle baking soda along the bottom of the dishwasher and run a hot empty cycle again.
Sprinkle baking soda in dishwasher.
You could alternatively pour lemon kool aid powder in the soap tray.
Run a short hot water rinse cycle skip the drying cycle and then open the dishwasher door to allow the interior to air dry.
If funky musty odors are still lingering after the vinegar cleaning then it s time to try baking soda.
Make sure your dishwasher is completely empty before deep cleaning.
Open your dishwasher s detergent compartment.
The vinegar will strip away any grease build up and the baking soda will remove lingering.
The next morning run it through on the hottest possible cycle the sanitize or cleaning cycle if you have one and you ll see that by the time that load is done.
The dishwasher will be fresh smelling and have a.
Use the sponge to scrub the bottom sides and inside the door of the washer.
Sprinkle baking soda onto the bottom of the washer and then spray the area with the vinegar.
Use an old toothbrush to clean around the dishwasher filter gasket and other crevices where the sponge won t work.
Run a short hot water cycle.
Run a short hot water cycle.
Place a glass measuring cup filled with two cups of vinegar on the top rack of your dishwasher.
When the first cycle is finished sprinkle one cup of baking soda on the inside floor of the dishwasher.
Next pour in baking soda until the compartment is full.
Run a normal cycle with no detergent or dishes.
Rinse with baking soda.
Clean dishwasher with baking soda.
Squeeze in two to three drops of regular dish soap the kind you d use to hand wash your dishes normally.
Once the cycle is up remove the measuring cup and pull out the bottom rack.
Sprinkle baking soda across the bottom of the dishwasher.
For a diy dishwasher deodorizer simply take a cup of baking soda and sprinkle it all over the bottom of the dishwasher the dishwasher should be empty and let that sit overnight.
Sprinkle a cup or two of baking soda around the bottom of the dishwasher.