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What happens here

If a burnt smell persists even after cleaning the heating element, a final deodorizing step is recommended. Place a dishwasher-safe cup, filled with approximately 1 cup of white vinegar, on the top rack of your dishwasher. Close the dishwasher door and run it through a couple of normal wash or rinse cycles, ensuring that the 'heat dry' or a high-temperature option is selected. The hot vinegar vapor will circulate throughout the dishwasher, effectively neutralizing any remaining burnt odors and cleaning the interior surfaces.

Goal: Eliminate any lingering burnt plastic odors from the entire dishwasher interior.

Tools and materials

  • Dishwasher — The appliance being deodorized
  • Measuring cup or glass — Holding the white vinegar during the cycle
  • White vinegar — Deodorizing the dishwasher

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So, I got white vinegar and old dish rag and I'm just going to wipe this heating element down. That's nice and smooth. I cleaned it, I wiped it. So, basically what you're looking at now is that is carbonized plastic residue that's on there and that'll burn off eventually. Now, if it smells really bad, put a cup of white vinegar on the top rack of your dishwasher and run that through a couple heat cycles and that white vinegar should take all the smell out of everything. So, anyways, I got dishes to do. I'll

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