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I've heard that you can run it with a package of cheap lemonaid kool-ade (the generic stuff). The citric acid is supposed to clean the gunk.

I've heard that not rinsing makes dishes cleaner and I know it was true in my old dishwasher, but this POS the landlord put in sucks. Even if I get every single food particle off, there will still occasionally be grit on the dishes (I have no idea where it comes from, we use liquid detergent).

We also have extremely hard water. I've never seen water this hard. It actually eats away at fixtures if they aren't dried off as soon as they get wet.

I'm at my wit's end with this water. I can't handle washing dishes by hand (the water running down my elbows sets me over an edge and I absolutely lose it).

I do use vinegar in the rinse aid container, but baking soda seemed to make it worse.