In article , BE says...

I swear that these things are designed with holes that are too large in the
bottom on purpose - to facilitate their (and their dishwasher's) early
demise. Of course you toss knives in point first and eventually they saw
through the plastic joint(s) in the waffle pattern and the larger hole is
born. Then the silverware falls through, and the spinning waterbar is
guaranteed to whack something from time to time. And pulling out the bottom
rack with silverware dangling through these holes will ensure a fair number
of scratches on the inside of the dishwasher door.

I believe these are designed this way to help shorten the overall life of
the dishwasher.

OK, end of rant.

"Of course you toss knives point first..." Un-hunh...well, dont' get *me*
started on a rant about folks who treat stuff roughly, then blame the design of
whatever they break!

That said, my GE did come with a kind of holder to be placed under certain
utensils (the heads of the utensils..) so as not to let them slip through.


Does anyone sell some kind of plastic waffle material that I can cut into
squares and create a better bottom for the silverware rack, so things won't
fall through?

You wouldn't want that as it would block the dishwasher action.

SO either see if you have all the original doo-dads that came with your washer
(yeah, I know, the applications of some of these aren't ovbious...), or develop
a habit of *placing* things in their places, and given the situation you have,
avoiding putting knives where you've already cut through.

Banty


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