[Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? (and milk)

[Brian Kennedy]

We had the problem of etched glasses with soft water. Somewhere I read use
less detergent, so we only fill the soap dispensers half way and the problem
went away.

Brian K


On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Wayne wrote:

> On 1/27/2011 10:13 AM, Bob Spidell wrote:
>> 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).
>
> Sounds like minerals in the water, not milk.
>
> You could try telling him milk is a colloidal suspension of cow fat in cow
sweat and see if that dissuades him.  Or that it's just kinda gross to consume
another mammal's lactation.  Personally, I'm torn between that and the fact
cheese is good.
>
> -W
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