Dishwasher tips and questions

MrsE_2

attentionseeker1 wrote: »

Ok to move away from the unhelpful comments- can any of the dishwasher devotees help me out with a few tips?

I love having a dishwasher but both dishwashers we have had (both slimline due to lack of space) have occasionally had terrible problems leaving brown residue on mugs/glasses in particular- which I assume is food residue. Once it is stuck on, the dishwasher won't wash it off so I have to take everything out and handwash it which is obviously not at all energy-efficient!

We use 5 in 1 tablets so assumed I didn't need to add salt/rinse aid as that would be overdoing it, although we live in London which I think is very hard water. Does everyone rinse everything before it goes in?

Hope someone can help!

I don't rinse anything before I put it in. But I do use (cheap) rinse aid & salt with my Quantum tablets.
I've tried others but I was getting serious tea stains in all my mugs. I buy a few boxes everytime they are on offer (they are nearly always on offer somewhere).

littleowl

MrsE wrote: »

I quoted selectively the bits I was responding too, nothing was meant by it. It was a long post & I wasn't addressing each sentence.

You said this



I told you my two top reasons
I didn't expect such a sharp response to a friendly post:(

I wouldn't dream of being snidy about your choice NOT to have one, please show others the same respect.

I really do not see in what possible way I am showing any disrespect. Why, if I questioned such a perceived necessity should I be castigated? It is possible for different people to live in the same world and have different opinions. And to the poster who thought I was being in some way derogative about her television viewing I was not. I merely stated my own tastes in that area. I can only ever say what appeals to me - I never state that my opinions are 'right' but only that they are just that - my opinions- and I would not dream of foisting them on anyone else.

MrsE_2

littleowl wrote: »

I really do not see in what possible way I am showing any disrespect. Why, if I questioned such a perceived necessity should I be castigated? It is possible for different people to live in the same world and have different opinions. And to the poster who thought I was being in some way derogative about her television viewing I was not. I merely stated my own tastes in that area. I can only ever say what appeals to me - I never state that my opinions are 'right' but only that they are just that - my opinions- and I would not dream of foisting them on anyone else.

Thats honestly not how your posts have come across (& it was me who likes Eastenders).

I love my DW, you can't see the need for one.

My choice iks right for me, yours is right for you.

You did ask why people liked them. I told you why I liked mine, I wasn't suggesting you needed one. But please don't suggest I don't;)

valk_scot

attentionseeker1 wrote: »

I love having a dishwasher but both dishwashers we have had (both slimline due to lack of space) have occasionally had terrible problems leaving brown residue on mugs/glasses in particular- which I assume is food residue. Once it is stuck on, the dishwasher won't wash it off so I have to take everything out and handwash it which is obviously not at all energy-efficient!

We use 5 in 1 tablets so assumed I didn't need to add salt/rinse aid as that would be overdoing it, although we live in London which I think is very hard water. Does everyone rinse everything before it goes in?

Hope someone can help!

I get brown residue on stuff too now and again and I live in an area with really soft water. It usually happens when I'm washing something with a lot of baked on greasy burnt gunk on it, like the mesh for the grill. I think it's basically soot mixed with fat slooshing around in the diswasher then sticking to any availible surface. I've given up on washing greasy burnt gunk in the DW now, whatever the adverts say.

Penelope_Penguin

Good morning everybody!

After many years of resisting, we've had a new kitchen fitted - with a dishwasher I now realise that for all these years I've not been paying attention as to what we can or cannot put in it

So, I thought I'd start a thread for others as bewildered as myself

First up - how about the plastic bowl from my Kenwood Chef?

TIA :A

jkelly90

The plastic bowl should be fine, anything plastic is no problem.

When I had a dishwasher in my old flat I would put pretty much anything and everything in there...although I probably should have been a bit more careful, but in a year and a half I never put anything in the dishwasher that got damaged, from ceramic to glass to plastic and everything inbetween.

Dustykitten

It depends on what you mean by cannot go in.

I choose not to put in glasses, the plastic bowl from the magimix (in fact I don't put most plastic in) and sharp knives.

The length of the wash, the heat etc deteriorates them over time IMO

Badrick

Don't wash anything aluminium, silver/silverplate or lead crystal glassware in it, iit's also reported some stainless steel goes grey (never had this problem with ours).
Sorry, can't help regarding the bowl.

mummyroysof3

just be aware that plastic can get stained...i have a lid that was white but now looks orange. i put pretty much everything in except wine glasses and sports bottles.

Penelope_Penguin

Thanks everyone :A I'm not going to risk my KW Chef bowl (it bought it as a gift to myself when I was made redundant the first time, 20 years ago, and it's still in good nick ) but I am going to try the silicone cake pans, once they're out of the oven.