is it OK to always use the rapid cycle on a dishwasher ?

spud17

coffeehound said:

Think soap kills viruses, but not necessarily bacteria.

I wonder about whether tablets/pods have enough time to dissolve properly in the quick cycles.  Think I would only use liquid detergent if using the short programmes

Soaps destroy the protective layer around a virus, allowing other agents to kill the virus.
Washing up liquid contains many chemicals to provide protection against most of the common 'nasties'.
Soaking in cold water and washing up liquid is just as effective, but takes time, heat (hot water) speeds up the process.

Personally I wouldn't worry about the time taken for tablets/pods to dissolve, that's why manufacturers spend £10's millions on research.

coffeehound

spud17 said:
Soaps destroy the protective layer around a virus, allowing other agents to kill the virus.

Washing up liquid contains many chemicals to provide protection against most of the common 'nasties'.
Soaking in cold water and washing up liquid is just as effective, but takes time, heat (hot water) speeds up the process.

Personally I wouldn't worry about the time taken for tablets/pods to dissolve, that's why manufacturers spend £10's millions on research.

From experience, soap alone will not necessarily kill bacteria.  From posts on here, the old technology 'big-box' powders do a better job of killing germs in laundry than do the modern equivalents but I don't know the situation with dish washing.

Again from laundry experience, pods, capsules and tablets - even some powders - do not always dissolve quick enough in a quick wash cycle, meaning the pod is still letting out detergent in the rinses, and it gets left in the clothes at the end.  This caused a nasty and persistent skin condition for me some years back and it took some uncomfortable months to work out the reason.

I don't know whether the same situation could arise with dishwashers, but it certainly is possible, so liquid detergent would avoid it.

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coffeehound said:

spud17 said:
Soaps destroy the protective layer around a virus, allowing other agents to kill the virus.

Washing up liquid contains many chemicals to provide protection against most of the common 'nasties'.
Soaking in cold water and washing up liquid is just as effective, but takes time, heat (hot water) speeds up the process.

Personally I wouldn't worry about the time taken for tablets/pods to dissolve, that's why manufacturers spend £10's millions on research.

From experience, soap alone will not necessarily kill bacteria.  From posts on here, the old technology 'big-box' powders do a better job of killing germs in laundry than do the modern equivalents but I don't know the situation with dish washing.

Again from laundry experience, pods, capsules and tablets - even some powders - do not always dissolve quick enough in a quick wash cycle, meaning the pod is still letting out detergent in the rinses, and it gets left in the clothes at the end.  This caused a nasty and persistent skin condition for me some years back and it took some uncomfortable months to work out the reason.

I don't know whether the same situation could arise with dishwashers, but it certainly is possible, so liquid detergent would avoid it.

Many people overload and over dose rapid clothes washes.

An 8kg+ machine rapid wash would be something like 2kg or less
(seen a 12kg LG is only 2kg on rapid and 1.5kg on delicate) 

They  need a much lower dose of detergent that would dissolve in the smaller amounts of water.