[jyl]

I'll try adding rinse aid or vinegar at the start of the cycle. If I want to duplicate the normal machine operation, the rinse aid is supposed to be added during the rinse cycle. But maybe it doesn't matter. I'm also trying using less detergent as some of my spotting could be from too much detergent.

The cycle is only 180 seconds. During a large dinner party, I'll run the dishwasher 10 or more times. All the pots and pans and prep stuff gets run during the cooking, then the dishes and serving stuff, last I do the glassware. That's for, say, 15 people with 60 dishes, 50+ glasses, 75+ pieces of flatware, dozens of tea cups and saucers, a dozen serving platters, etc. My wife likes to set the kind of table where there are three different forks and four different glasses per person. For regular family meals, we don't use the dishwasher at all.