How to Make Your Old Dishwasher Perform Like New

Here are the secrets of how to get any dishwasher to perform well.

As long as your dishwasher can spray water and perform a wash cycle, you should get clean dishes every time. Grzegorz Zdziarski/Shutterstock

There are many things in my life that I enjoy but would not be completely devastated if required to give them up. My dishwasher is not one of them.

During our last kitchen remodel, we donated the old appliances to Habitat for Humanity—all except for my stripped down 14-year-old Whirlpool dishwasher.