Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them

RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By dan (Guest Post) (11/18/2008) What I found it is that the clay plates never really dry when they are removed from even a heated cycle from the dishwasher. The water is being absorbed in the buttom of the plates, bowls here there is no glazing. When the dished are layed flat in the cupboard, mold starts to grow. I have spent many hours killing the mold with beach, vinegar, etc. But its about letting them dry out or even applying glaze to the bottom or even standing the dishing on their side in the cabinet. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By sully (Guest Post) (10/31/2008) It's eggs. They're smelly and if you notice it only happens with ceramic and glass dishes. It never happens with plastic dishware. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By sven (Guest Post) (10/31/2008) Eggy plates should always be washed in cold water with bit oF washing up liquid. No smell. Wash them with hot water, smelly! It is to do with the protein nature of eggs. Afterward rinse the sponge or scouring pad with cold water. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By RM (Guest Post) (10/22/2008) Try adding a cup of baking soda to your dishwasher it works for me. Other postings I read said you could use 2 alka seltzer tabs or a half cup of bleach. Another suggestion was Dishwasher Magic used alone in an empty dishwasher. My guess would be it from some sort of food build up and the wet and heat. yuck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Matt (Guest Post) (10/08/2008) I am a 21 year old male. I hate this smell like nothing else. To me, it smells like rotting, dead worms from after a rain storm. Its disgusting. I think its something in the water. I've noticed that if you just rinse a dish, the dish will acquire the smell of unknown origin. However, if you mix the water with soap, the dishes are fine. Similarly, if you do not use a rinsing agent (a product that is intended to reduce water marks on the dishes, increasing shine) in your dishwasher, the dishes get the smell from the water. If you do use the rinse agent, the dishes are fine. It is something in the water; water being the only link between dishes and rain storms. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Ally (Guest Post) (09/20/2008) I have the same problem. I hand wash all of our dishes. I have tried letting them air dry and drying with a clean towel and still they smell like mildew. My parents' house has the same issue but they use a dish washer. I am assuming it is the city water that we use. But am wondering how to get rid of the smell. It is so unpleasant I don't even want to use my own dishes. Nonetheless company. Please help! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Barbara. (Guest Post) (07/22/2008) I noticed that since I purchased new dishes from Penneys that were made in China and very porous and easily chipped that I find the dishes and the cupboard I store them in have that musty smell. I thought it was my cupboard but I moved into a relatively new house and the smell is also just in the cupboard where those dishes are stored. So what is the qualifying link here. The dishes were not cheap but turned out to definitely inferior in quality and chip just by putting them on top of each other. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Sarah Uk (Guest Post) (06/24/2008) I have washed my dishes again and they smell so horrible, I cant understand where it comes from, it is the worst smell I can describe and I can taste in on the food served on the dishes. I wish I knew what it was, Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Mateo (Guest Post) (05/28/2008) That's the most disgusting thing EVER. That just happened to us the other day. that smell has ALWAYS grossed me out. My poor pregnant wife....talk about a power gag. haha I've had a couple theories: the dish isn't completely clean: Tried the "short cycle" on the dishwasher, and EVERYTHING in there had that nasty smell (raw egg in the bowl/glass smell...yuck). Put it back through a regular cycle, with PLENTY of soap, and everything came out fine. I washed a couple things from the stink load by hand with soap and HOT water and relatively new sponge and that did the trick too. Theory number two, related directly to the egg in the bowl thing: I've noticed that even if I have a not-stinky glass in the beginning, and then eat eggs (any style), but the end of that meal, the magical stink appears. So in closing, I really think it's either just not really REALLY clean, or you've just eaten something eggy and took sips from your glass (or coffee mug...same thing there...not just when drinking water). Secret seems to be wash with HOT water, very well, and keep your sponge clean and new. hope that helps! Mateo Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By val (Guest Post) (05/20/2008) Did you ever solve your problem? I am having the same exact problem that you stated. I say my dishes smell like a wet dog! and my counter at times. I am wondering about our hot water heater because my clothes are not smelling fresh when they come out of the dryer. I just bought more paper plates and dishes today. I would love a solution. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Sandy (Guest Post) (05/13/2008) I can answer some of these concerns but not all of them. It is not the sponge or detergant. I have even been in restaurants that served water that had that odor. Also, sometimes dishwashers can leave that odor. I just cannot determine what it is from. We have well water and lately when I hand wash something like a bowl, that odor is left behind. It is an unclean odor. If you have ever smelled a bowl after having raw eggs in it, that is similar to the odor. I have a very sensitive nose and that is why I keep smelling it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Tim (Guest Post) (05/01/2008) I seriously think it's a bacteria. MAYBE SOME SORT OF STAPH? Yesterday after washing dishes in the sink with an 'anti-bacterial' detergent, my dishes and countertops smelled funky as hell, kind of an ugly sweet smell. Then after eating some food off of one of those plates, I could smell that same smell ON MY BREATH. Today I have a sore throat and a slight fever! AM I GOING TO DIE SOON? AM I CONTAGIOUS? timhague AT aol... Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Paula (Guest Post) (09/04/2007) I live in southern California and I am going nuts also. I have tried all of these tricks and no luck. It is so bad I can't even drink out of my glasses. Silverware too. Everything. Counters. My dishwasher is new. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post by Sheraone (76) | (07/08/2007) Contact Sandra I see you posted in March. I dont know if you live on a lake or not but I well remember this happening in very early spring when I lived on a lake. It's called "turnover" when the cooler heavier water from the top of the lake goes to the bottom. In which case we would get a terrible seaweedy smell, even a taste in the water. We got a filter for drinking water and waited for a month or so for the situation to resolve itself. It happened every year. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Liz (Guest Post) (07/07/2007) My dishes also get that swampy smell after being washed in the dishwasher! It's not the DW because we just got a brand new one and they still smell! My husband thinks I'm crazy but when I drink out of one of the glasses it's disgusting and have to wash it by hand in the sink. I'm stumped. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Philippe (Guest Post) (02/05/2007) Sorry to end the parade on your theories but some dishes are made out of clay like materials that when you add heat to them makes the water that has been absorbed by the dishes start to come out of the dishware. When this happens, it does not normally smell that great. I suggest if it is not your water supply you may have the type of dishes that are not made out of the best materials. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Walter the dishwasher dude (Guest Post) (07/05/2006) The cause for this is more than likely build up down where the pump goes. Look at the bottom of the dishwasher and you will see a filtering panel where the water exits the dishwasher out to the drain. Use a screw driver and pop up that drain and you'll find lots of build up. Pour lots of vinegar in the drain and let it sit for a couple hrs. Put the drain train in a plastic bag and fill it with vinegar as well to allow all of it to get soaked. A few hrs later, witha tooth brush, brush out that mold build up. Make sure you give the trays and the dishwasher walls a complete wash off using generaous amounts of vinegar. Let it vent for a few hrs then give it a shot. Good Luck Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Angela C. Joppa,MD/greatbst@aol.com (Guest Post) (03/31/2006) I understand what you are talking about. In the area where I live, there are a lot of chemicals and underground depots. I live near a military disposition plant and many of my neighbors have wells that have been contaminated by near by gas stations with MTBE. We generally boil our water that we drink in a glass pot for 30 minutes. I put 1 and 1/2 cups of vinegar in the dishwasher rinse compartment. I do this once a month. I put 1 cup of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of dishwashing liquid through the sink trash compactor rinse with hot water once a month. I use Rid-X in all of my toilets every season to flush out the septic system. After doing all of this, we usually do not have any problems with our clothes or dishes smelling like dirt, mildew, or any other unfamiliar smells. I hope this works for you. Best Wishes!!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Carol in PA (Guest Post) (03/30/2006) If the smell is musty like mold or mildew, you may need a dehumifier or air conditioner. Maybe things just arent drying out completely. Also, be sure to put your sponge or dish cloth into the dishwasher to sanitize it. I've also heard that you can put them in the microwave to sanitize, but havent tried that. I wash my dish cloth every day in the clothes washer. I get a clean cloth and clean towel every day... Best of luck. I wish I could help more.. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post by kidsNclutter (218) | (03/29/2006) Contact Just a friendly word of caution. Depending on the brand/type of hand dishwashing liquid, adding bleach to the soapy water can cause harmful (even fatal) fumes. I know several people, all still living, that add bleach to their dish washing water. I don't know what ingredient or brands cause the reaction. Always be careful when adding bleach to any other cleaning product, even those that seem harmless, most will not tolerate the mixture. Some cause deadly fumes to form instantly. Doesn't take much inhalation to cause a serious chemical burn of the lungs. If you are overcome by such fumes, get outside to fresh air immediately & fully ventilate the area before returning for any length of time. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post by maryc (27) | (03/29/2006) Profile | Contact Hi, I'm thinking that maybe it's the Fla. water? Your house is new & so are the pipes so maybe it will take a while to go away. If not call your water co. & explain the problem to them. I know Fla. water can be funky. My son lives down there & he uses that water purification (forget what u call it). He gets it at Walmart. He hates the water down there as he's from here on the shores of freshwater Lake Erie. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Firefly1985 (Guest Post) (03/29/2006) Sometimes when I wash the dishes I pour a little clorox bleach into the water. It helps keep the water sudsy and takes away any egg smell from breakfast in the water and dishes. Also works on any other food smells. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By Sandra (Guest Post) (03/29/2006) I've been in here since December. I've tried all different sponges. Scotchguard brand, chore boy, cello, walmart brand.... and nothing. This is really driving me crazy. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Dishes Smell Bad After I Wash Them Post By sueey. (Guest Post) (03/28/2006) My guess is that it's something you're using like a sponge or dishcloth/rag. When they are dry, they often don't smell and soap often covers the scent. I'd change all your sponges and cloths and see what happens. Report Spam or Abuse