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Cleaning dishwasher with Borax/Boric Acid

The inside of my dishwasher is discolored. I have heard it's ok to use borax ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil links] to clean it. Are borax and boric acid the same? Also, would I use it as a detergent and run the machine through a cycle or physically scrub the interior by hand?

Thanks for your help.

Tang
(large containers)
tang

on eBay or Amazon

(affil link)

Celene Beatty
- Antioch, Tennessee, USA
2001

Borax is an alkaline powder, thus it boosts soap (also alkaline). Probably would do nothing to clean a dishwasher. boric acid ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil links] , as its name implies, is acidic. That would work, but I'm told the citric acid ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil links] in a small container of Tang works well to clean the dishwasher.

John Puskar
- East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
2002

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