dishwasher tip

Shez

I have or did have some lovely tefal saucepans, but since putting them in the dishwasher the outside colouring of the pans has faded even though they are supposed to be dishwasher safe???? and Ive also noticed it with my Denby plates etc, the colour glaze fades after a while.

Do people put their glasses in with their baking tins etc? If I do then the glasses dont clean so well, they are ok with just normal plates etc, but baking trays it seems a no no.

My mum (bless her) when she's here, still washes up everything, even though I say "put it in the dishwasher" - she just doesnt get it - must be her generation i think!

cheapskate101

If you want to have sparkiling sunglasses - wash them in the dishwasher.Gets rid of all those hard to remove bits.

Friends have washed their trainers in the dishwasher and said it did very well.. anyone else wash anything not in the helpful explanatory booklet that comes with the machine?

annie-c

I love my dishwasher. It is a fabulous, magic cupboard for dirty dishes.

Sadly, after having one for only 1 year, I am addicted and feel hard done by if I need to wash a pot or two by hand, these days!

newleaf

I've got to say I wouldn't be without my Miele. OH bought it for my birthday about 8 years ago - before we were married. I brought it with me to our new home. It's wonderful.

Brassic

Hubby thinks I've gone nuts - I've just loaded up the dishwasher, added one teaspoon of washing powder and turned it on. Looking forwards to seeing everything sparkly clean in a little while, and never have to fork out for dishwasher stuff again (already removed it from my Asda order) :cool:

hb1444

adi wrote:

Dishwasher - waste of time? Before buying a dishwasher, or any other 'labour-saving' device ask a question. Will this actually save me time? In a small household the amount of time taken to expertly load and unload a Dishwasher you could have just washed up by hand. By doing so you would have saved water and energy. A Dishwasher uses at least 3 times the water of hand washing. In a household the children could be paid pocket money to do the washing up - still cheaper than a dishwasher!

Look at the way adi gives us a stingy way of absolving us from washing dishes, I would never let my kids wash up!

Go to http://www.finish.co.uk/tips.shtml for unanimous reasons why dishwashers are so good!

I love my dishwasher, it has changed our lives:T:j . Allright, it wasn't all special, a 15 year old Indesit, but it still works. Being in a family of seven (8 including Garfield the cat!) we needed a dishwasher for ages, and it wasn't until we moved into our third house. Our third house actually belonged to my late gran, who had had the dishwasher as a gift, she never used it much, but it serves well for us. The days pre dishwasher were much different, my mum used to wash dishes for hours, and mornings came when the sink was full, I had to wash up for breakfast, though the parents never tell me to do, and in the process I make the kitchen into a puddle:rotfl: . Even though my mum still washes up occassionally we still use the dishwasher regularly. Ok, glassware doesn't wash crystal clear, but Pyrex works great!

Half the time I don't even scrape dishes really to the extent they are nearly clean, the dishwasher is meant to clean them.

If you don't like buying finish all the time, buy Easy tablets, I found them in Iceland and they look nealy like Finish tablets, and in the 99p store local to me I found the UAE brand Calgonite (Finish) dishwasher salt, 2kg for just 99p. Buying these things are a small price to pay.

The kitchen looks tidier with the dishwasher in action, there are no dishes stacked up next to or in the sink, I think breakages are more rarer too, they don't get chipped much in that way, and it seems posher to load a dishwasher than be behind a sink!

When people complain about water, read this

"Did you know a dishwasher can conserve over 23,000 litres of water per year?
Many people would be surprised to hear that you use a lot more water washing up by hand than a dishwasher would use. The Bosch Logixx SGS65L22 dishwasher uses the least water of any dishwasher on the market - as little as 9 litres of water per wash, as opposed to 40 to 60 litres for handwashing a similar load. :eek:

A Bosch dishwasher could save you, and the environment over 23,000 litres of water and over 400kWh of electricity annually. All good reasons for getting that dishwasher you need, or upgrading your old one" (From the Bosch appliaces website), I know that this is meant to promote and woo people into buying bosch, but see how dishwashers have used lesser water.

Why do people blame dishwashers anyway? I think that the washing machine is the main culprit of water and energy consumption.

Here is a comparision of a similar washing machine and dishwasher:

Hotpoint WT960G 60litres normal water consumption for a 60 degree wash
Hotpoint FDW80G 18litres normal water consumption
:eek:
See the difference? I could run three dishwasher cycles with one washer cycle.

I would never make my kids wash up, imagine the mess! I guess small familys need not a dishwasher, but I guess compact ones would do! But I stand by my point, washing up takes up more water!:T

At least with a dishwasher you can wash three meal sets in one wash than wash three meal sets with three washing ups.:T

The days of the dishwasher has changed. I think twenty years ago the richer people would have it, but now more people rely. Why is it that in all American kitchens there seems to be a dishwasher but never actually used? :huh:

You can put more things in a dishwasher than be bothered to wash them up. Mine washes teapots, sieves, casserole pots (even lasange ones), pans, large utensils, baby bottles, lunchboxes, even wooden spoons and wooden knobed pans (Ones which are screwed on), basically you can wash anything in a dishwasher which can withstand up to 70 degees, a drying cycle and the detergent.

The dishwasher shouldn't be regarded as a luxury, it should be as important as a television! Personally if I had a choice between a dishwasher and a washing machine, well, where's the launderette!:rotfl: :T :rotfl: :j

culpepper

Mine was second hand from freecycle and uses 24 litres which is about a 5 gallon bucket.We have a bucket outside and catch the water to use on the garden. I only put it on when its full which is about 5 nights every week.
When we used to wash up we would keep all the washing for one sink-full which is about the same amount of water.My washing machine uses about 8-10 gallons of water depending on cycle and is on about 4 or 5 times a week so it does use more water and is probably on for longer per wash.

tawnyowls

I too loooove:heartsmil my dishwasher, also a Smeg, with double rotor on the bottom - I could not be without it now. It amazes me that there are still so many myths about them - we take it for granted that other types of machine have improved hugely in recent years, yet people still repeat the same old rubbish about them being wasteful of energy (myth exploded by hb1444 above in no uncertain terms), that only certain bullet-proof things can be washed in them, that everything has to be rinsed (or even washed!) before using (what on earth would be the point of the machine then?) etc, etc.

I scrape off all loose food, but the only things I actually rinse off before putting in there are indeed, the mashed spud, as well as cocoa powder and anything with tomato in it (especially if there's plasticware in the load, otherwise it can get dyed a nice orange. Depending on how dirty the stuff is, I use either supermarket or Glist tablets - I won't use Finish, because I did find it damaged glassware (and I think the fact they later brought out a 'glass protector' tablet is an admission that this was a problem). I've never used salt or rinse-aid (although I might try the vinegar tip now) in the machine since I started using the multi-action tablets (and haven't noticed any difference in the quality of the wash) - this could be, though, because I put the tablet in the cutlery basket rather than the powder dispenser, which means it actually gets used, rather than finding a half-dissolved tablet still wedged in there. The plate holders at the back of the bottom drawer in the Smeg are hinged, so can be laid flat, leaving lots of room for pans, colanders, large plastic tubs and the like. I'm not sure exactly what constitutes 'expert loading' of a dishwasher, but I timed it tonight, and a full load, consisting of 6 full plate settings, cutlery, about 20 glasses & mugs, 3 pans, 3 bowls, and 2 pyrex dishes took me just under 6 minutes to load - I cannot see anyone doing that lot of washing-up in 12 minutes.

Once it's loaded in, the kitchen is a doddle to clean, there are no soggy teatowels hanging round, and tomorrow morning, after it's run on E7 tonight, I'll unload a machine full of dry, clean and sterilised dishes, along with my equally ditto dishcloths and sponges. Bliss!

tawnyowls

kal25 wrote:

Hi, just wanted to say I hate washing up by hand apart from the fact I have to wear rubber gloves due to my eczema.

Not really dishwasher-related, but try Boots aqueous cream - costs about £2.50 for a giant tub, and works a treat. If hands are really bad, smother them in the cream, stick on a pair of cotton gloves (think Boots do those too) and sleep in them. I think some other sorts of aqueous cream have different ingredients - I've certainly had a reaction to a couple, so use only Boots. It can be used instead of soap too.