Distasteful Dishwasher

We are coming into our 10th year in this house.

We built it and moved in Christmas 2005 with all new appliances etc.

Which means it's right about now that they are all going to start breaking down.

We know it.

We haven't saved for it though.  (Uh oh)

Some of our neighbours have already had to replace items.  

Our dishwasher has been threatening us for about a week now...
dishes on the top rack aren't getting cleaned at all, and this morning I found the spinner-blade-thingy laying on the bottom of the unit.

I called Miele and they very kindly asked if I'd tried to just "click it back on".  WHEW!
That was a $150 service call avoided!  (and dough-head me really should have tried that initially anyways).

But while I was in there futzing, I noticed the state of the screen-filter-thingy.  (yes, that is the technical name)

EEEEWWWWWW!

No wonder our dishes are sub-sub-standard.
I'm pretty sure this is what salmonella looks like right before it enters the body.

I've cleaned it before - but I have to be honest and say not nearly often enough (as you can tell).
Maybe every 4 months?

ENJO to the rescue!

The ENJO kitchen cloth got a lot of it off, but I went the extra mile with the Marble paste and a toothbrush to try and get into all the little crevices.

There's still some yellowed areas, but knowing that I've cleaned it 6x better than I could have with chemicals has me feeling a lot better about running a cycle tonight.

This isn't a sponsored post.  It's just the cleaner I use and I like to share with you guys what I find works and what doesn't.

Nice and sparkly - and crud-free.

I may get one more year out of this baby yet!

That really should be Fighting Irish in the centre - just sayin'

Have a great one!