Luma

We've brought our dishwasher with us from the UK. I went to go buy powder and rinse aid at the shops but noticed that they don't sell dishwasher salt here? Do we not have to use salt here as they water is different?

claire edwards

I did the same when shopping for Salt for our (Australian) dishwasher, realising it doesn't need salt, just the rinse aid stuff. I presume they don't use it over here.

Amazulu

I think Aussie macines don't use it. Maybe something to do with water hardness? We use pool salt. You can buy a 20kg bag from Bunnings for about $4.50 that will last you forever

moneypenny20

Our Aussie machine doesn't have a compartment for salt so assume you don't need it.

arnie2oz

We just use rock salt in ours - works fine. We did phone the manufacturer about this and they said use rock salt - available in all supermarkets.

NIGENABBY

hi
Don't need it. The reason you need salt is to soften the water, we came from Kent which has incredibly hard water. it just is not a problem here, (currently in melbourne)
Abby

Centurion

Our kettle in the last year has not got ANY scale or lime in it. Despite near constant tea making use. Kinda shows you the difference in the quality of water. Just use powder and rinse aid.