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Feral_Moon

AubreyMac wrote: »

Don't we all keep things we never use?


Clothes that once fit when I was a size 10, the expensive killer heel shoes that I'm waiting for the right occasion to wear, the handbag or hat in the box, the present/gadget that is just gathering dust, the exercise DVD etc and get round to chucking it when I have a ruthless de-cluttering session which is not often.


Or is it just me?

No, not just you! I could probably stock a department store with all the clutter I hoard but never use :rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

All my clothes (apart from outdoor coats) fit into one small wardrobe and one drawer, I don't actually see the point of having loads of clothes. I don't buy anything that won't go in the washing machine.

As regards the dishwasher, we fill it up throughout the day and then start it up in the evening and empty it the following morning, ready for the next day. I put everything in it apart from my husband's two 'special' pans, which only get washed in soap and water. I even put the sink plugs and waste bin lids in it and when I had a gas hob I would put the small bits of that in it too.

missbiggles1

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

All my clothes (apart from outdoor coats) fit into one small wardrobe and one drawer, I don't actually see the point of having loads of clothes. I don't buy anything that won't go in the washing machine.

As regards the dishwasher, we fill it up throughout the day and then start it up in the evening and empty it the following morning, ready for the next day. I put everything in it apart from my husband's two 'special' pans, which only get washed in soap and water. I even put the sink plugs and waste bin lids in it and when I had a gas hob I would put the small bits of that in it too.

I had thought of the bin lids - perhaps I'll do it now.

I always put the in the fridge shelves and door bits (I say "always" but not that often:o) and also the accessories that I have hanging from rails over the work surfaces.

I love my dishwasher!

seven-day-weekend

Never thought of fridge shelves, what a great idea

onlyroz

I guess my dishwasher must be a small one because it's full with the plates, pans, glasses, cutlery etc from the main family evening meal.

missbiggles1

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Never thought of fridge shelves, what a great idea

Happy to help!:)

You can get the salad crisper drawer in as well.

TBagpuss

AubreyMac wrote: »

What would happen if you put something in the dish washer that is not suitable for dish washer? I know plastic would melt but doesn't a dish washer just splash hot water with the tablet about? hehe you can see I've clearly never owned one.


With my clothing that is hand wash only or dry clean only, I put them in the wash on a low heat and it's turned out fine. I think some manufacturers just say dry clean only just to cover themselves.

It depends - dishwasher is hotter than you would normally wash by hand, and more vigourous.
Wood can warp or crack, and it also seems to bleach - my mum has a wooded spoon which has been through a few times and it is very bleached and pale now, and much rougher than any of the iothers, as all of the lines in the grain sem to have swelled/opened.(it's now been downgranded from food use and is only used for stirring things like plant food, or washing pwoder) Glasses go cloudy. Lots of patterned crockery or galssware has the patterns as trasnfers or paint, and this can wear off (I have deverl completely plain mugs which started life with patterns on them, for instance)
I think that dishwasher tablets may be harsher than fairy etc, too -

I have a dishwasher - most things go in, the stuff that doesn't is:
- wooden spoons and wooden-handled knives
- the good wineglasses (too tall, and they are good quality so i don't want to risk them being scratched or getting cloudy)
The cheap wine glasses (too tall)
- my good, decorated tumblers (again, mostly as I don't wnat them to get cloudy)
- my grandmother's dessert dishes. (partly becuase the have gilded rims and I suspect the gilding would come off, partly becasue, as they are at least 75 years old they were presumably not designed to be dishwasher safe and I would hate to damage them.
- my le Crueset cast iron omelet pan
- my wok

I also have a couple of old dishes which used to belong to my grandma, they have a couple of cracks and chips so I don't put them in the dishwasher as I think that it'd more likely that the higher temps. and temperature changes would increase the risk of the damage increasing, so I wash them by hand (I have another bowl which was cracked and the glaze started to life around the crack, I think that this was partly due to the heat in the dishwasher)

I also wash other things by hand from time to time, depending on what I've used, how dirrty it is and how full the dishwasher is, but those are the things which never go in.

I did a lot of washing up growing up (my parents bought their first dishwasher the month my youngest sibling left for university )

I very rarely buy anything which can't go in the washing machine, and try to avoid buying clothes which need ironing, becaue I actively dislike handwashing ( and have medical issues which make it dificult for me) and dislike ironing. I haven't ironed anything since Christmas!

Forgot to add - I also have some IKEA plates which don't go in the dishwasher becasue, annoyingly, they are a fraction too big, and don't fit! but I only use them if I have a lot of visitors, so if they get used, there is usually somone around to help with the washing up, too!

mumps

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Happy to help!:)

You can get the salad crisper drawer in as well.

Have to be careful though, those things cost a ridiculous amount to replace. My grandson pulled a bottle out of the bottle rack thing on the door of the fridge and it cracked, was about £20 for that bit of plastic. I was all outraged pensioner :eek:

BarryBlue

Feral_Moon wrote: »

I think the point of a dishwasher is not to use it after every meal, unless you have an extremely large family of course, but to continue filling it as the day(s) progress and switch on once full. Unless you use the half fill option.

I live mostly alone so my machine goes on every 2-3 days unless I've been doing a lot of batch cooking then it might go on twice that day, and I'll put almost anything in it apart from items I mentioned previously as they've built up a protective seasoned layer over time so only ever get washed in hot water. I've even washed lead crystal glassware in it previously with no ill effect.

I don't see the point in having a dog and barking yourself

PS I don't buy crockery/cookware that can't go in a dishwasher nor clothes that need to be dry cleaned.

I do agree. I am in charge of the dishwasher (wife has the washing machine) and I run it 2 or 3 times a week at the most, as there are only the two of us. I do the big pans by hand though as they take up a lot of room in the dishwasher, so I have a bottle of Aldi washing up liquid diluted with about 8 to 1 of water for this.

All the glasses go in the dishwasher except the 'posh' dinner party ones which I prefer to do by hand. As others have said, all the other kitchen bits & pieces like hob tops can be dishwashed.

pigpen

My DW has been on twice already today!! It's always on!

I wash everything in it... just to amuse myself... things such as.. my mooncup, cat and rabbit dishes, potties, ornaments from the fist tank, dustpan and brush, drawers and filters from the washing machines, all the cooker and fridge bits etc have all been in over the years(obvously with a rinse before hand and not with the cutlery/crockery)