Rinse with baking soda.
Sprinkle baking soda in dishwasher.
The vinegar will strip away any grease build up and the baking soda will remove lingering.
Once the cycle is up remove the measuring cup and pull out the bottom rack.
You could alternatively pour lemon kool aid powder in the soap tray.
Sprinkle a cup or two of baking soda around the bottom of the dishwasher.
Place a glass measuring cup filled with two cups of vinegar on the top rack of your dishwasher.
The dishwasher will be fresh smelling and have a.
The vinegar will be dispersed over the dishwasher clearing out stains and smells and leaving it sparkling clean.
Run a normal cycle with no detergent or dishes.
For a diy dishwasher deodorizer simply take a cup of baking soda and sprinkle it all over the bottom of the dishwasher the dishwasher should be empty and let that sit overnight.
Use the sponge to scrub the bottom sides and inside the door of the washer.
Squeeze in two to three drops of regular dish soap the kind you d use to hand wash your dishes normally.
Run a short hot water cycle.
The next morning run it through on the hottest possible cycle the sanitize or cleaning cycle if you have one and you ll see that by the time that load is done.
Then run your dishwasher on the normal cycle.
Sprinkle baking soda across the bottom of the dishwasher.
Next pour in baking soda until the compartment is full.
Use an old toothbrush to clean around the dishwasher filter gasket and other crevices where the sponge won t work.
When the first cycle is finished sprinkle one cup of baking soda on the inside floor of the dishwasher.
Open your dishwasher s detergent compartment.
If funky musty odors are still lingering after the vinegar cleaning then it s time to try baking soda.
Clean dishwasher with baking soda.
Run a short hot water cycle.
Make sure your dishwasher is completely empty before deep cleaning.
Run a short hot water rinse cycle skip the drying cycle and then open the dishwasher door to allow the interior to air dry.