[Shop-talk] Best dishwasher?

[Bob Spidell]

I've got a water softener, use Cascade (rated high/highest by Consumer Reports) and don't scrub except to try to remove this residue. 

Previous to the Maytag, for almost 15 yrs I had an old GE washer--it came with the house--and didn't have this problem. Also, I used to be able to throw my coffee cups in without rinsing and they'd get clean; now, I have to rinse/scrub them else they build up a coffee residue. 

Maybe the d/w just don't cut it. 

bs 

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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 


I have seen this happen to glass ware and plastic ware but thought it was actually the glass and plastic getting scratched (etched) by hard water, crappy detergent or scotch brite scrubbies actually damaging the glass or plastic. We don't have a dishwasher (yet) and I seen this happen with some of out stuff that was done by hand washing using scrubbies. 

Tim 
Dairyland Datsuns 


---- Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote: 

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While on the topic of washers and soap ... 

I have a late-model, low-end Maytag that, so far, has performed adequately. My choice was limited by the small size of 
my kitchen enclosure--it was the only one I could find locally that would fit. 

Anyway, for the last year or so--coincident with the detergent reformulation?--I've noticed a problem. My son drinks a 
LOT of milk, specifically 1% lowfat, and my glasses have acquired a semi-permanent milky residue. It's almost as if the 
milk is etching the glass. It can be mostly scrubbed off with a Scotchbrite pad/sponge, but this is a PITA (and try to 
get a 20-year-old semi-man to do this). 

Anybody else seeing this phenomenum? 

bs