Seems a little on the obsessive side, doesn’t it? After all, the dishwasher gets regularly sprayed with hot, soapy water.
Still, lime can build up in there, and some people complain of rust or iron streaks. The Damsel doesn’t spend a lot of time with her head inside the dishwasher and tries not to think about the idea there is ANOTHER thing in her house to wash that isn’t already on the schedule. But, it turns out it’s not so hard.
Citric acid will take off the lime and rust. For a deliciously hands-off method, fill the detergent reservoir with the old-school drink Tang (do they still sell it?) or lemonade-flavored Kool-aid. (It needn’t be Kool-aid brand, but it has to be the lemon flavor. Citrus, ya know.)
Then all you have to do is run the dishwasher through a cycle. Yay! No more sleepless nights fretting about the condition of the inside of your dishwasher.
