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Is there an EF version of 'Jet Dry'?

JoeysLadyJoeysLady member
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Our dishwasher in our house recently broke and DH and I bought a new energy star dishwasher that uses significantly less water.  In the directions, it says to use  a rinse aid (they supplied a sample of Finish Jet Dry) b/c the since less water is used to clean, it needs the 'sheeting action' of the Jet Dry to thoroughly clean the dishes.  I've never used a rinse aid before, just 7th Generation dishwasher gel.  Does anyone know if there is an EF version of a rinse aid?
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Re: Is there an EF version of 'Jet Dry'?

  • JayeWoJayeWo
    I just put vinegar in the little dispenser.
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  • lar1203lar1203 member
    Lemi Shine is awesome!
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  • KKWISCKKWISC member

    imageJayeWo:
    I just put vinegar in the little dispenser.

     

    Love Vinegar. We have hard water and I'm a cheap skate and can't bring myself to buy the jet dry. Vinegar works great. Also works great at my moms house and they have super hard water.  

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  • MummyGruetzieMummyGruetzie member

    We use white vinegar. 

    I've goofed and used ACV to clean the toilet/bathtub before. Kinda turned it a funny color and left a lot more work. So definitely use white! It'll leave them super shiny!

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  • redhead2466redhead2466

    Yep, white vinegar.  This is up there as one of the best pieces of advice I've received on this board.

    Wow, I need to get out more. 

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  • Melanie.BrownMelanie.Brown

    Vinegar.  I also just recently made my own dishwasher detergent. 

    2c. borax

    2c. washing soda

    1c. kosher salt

    2c. lemi shine (if you have hard water.  I don't, so I leave this out)

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  • JoeysLadyJoeysLady member
    Thanks ladies!  I'll definitely check out the lemi-shine.  The directions say to only use a small amount of vinegar or else it may mess up the inside of the dishwasher....how much do you ladies add??  And do you fill up the rinse aid dispenser with it, or just toss a little in the bottom of the dishwasher?  I love the idea of cheap so trying a little vinegar is tempting too.  Love this board!!  Thank you again!!
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  • MummyGruetzieMummyGruetzie member
    I put it in the rinse agent compartment until it says full. I suppose you could always dilute it with water. I've never noticed a problem since switching from jet-dry. 
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  • LilyMonster2010LilyMonster2010 member
    I tried the homemade recipe above, and still had some problems with cloudiness. So we switched to 7th generation, same problem, assume hard water. So I added some extra citric acid (I guess this is what lime shine is made of) and voila! Sparkling clean dishes! Oh yeah, tried the vinegar and it did nothing for our hardwater problem.
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  • RosieoutlookRosieoutlook
    Another vote for white vinegar. I also just put it in the dispenser.
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