If I knew how to wash dishes, I would offer some advice
I must say, I got lucky, I have never done the dishes even one time since I got married 12 yrs ago. Closest I have come, was putting put a few dirty dishes in the dishwasher when my wife was out of town.
In college, I remember when a few of my room mates and I were moving out from our apartment and instead of washing the dishes that littered the counters and sink, we simply layed a blue tarp on the kitchen floor and put the mismatched dirty plates/glasses in it then drug it thru the halls out to the dumpster
If my wife reads this, I am dead meat!