We run water over them under the faucet to rinse off the main food mess, then put them in the dishwasher. We run it every two or three days. We never have trouble with it not getting the dishes clean unless they were stacked badly, where something blocks another dish.
Our dishwasher is two or three years old.
Back in the seventies, my mom would clean the dishes before loading. That is, she'd run the dishes under the faucet, and wipe them clear with a rag.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/garden/21fix.html?_r=1& “Dishwasher detergent aggressively goes after food,” Mr. Edwards said, “and if you don’t have food soil in the unit, it attacks the glasses, and they get cloudy,” a process known as etching that can cause permanent damage.
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Our dishwasher is two or three years old.
Back in the seventies, my mom would clean the dishes before loading. That is, she'd run the dishes under the faucet, and wipe them clear with a rag.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/garden/21fix.html?_r=1&
“Dishwasher detergent aggressively goes after food,” Mr. Edwards said, “and if you don’t have food soil in the unit, it attacks the glasses, and they get cloudy,” a process known as etching that can cause permanent damage.