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If you've been rinsing your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, you may be doing yourself a serious disservice.

If your dishwasher isn't cleaning items well, we've got the fix. Our cleaning expert provided instructions for making your dishwasher run more efficiently.

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Anything made from wood can be ruined if run through the dishwasher. That includes cooking utensils, spoons, chopsticks, bowls and anything else. Wooden items should always be hand washed and dried ...

Don't rinse dishes before loading the dishwasher 01:38 You might think that to get clean dishes you have to rinse them before they go in the dishwasher. But that's not true.