"Thomas A Bruno" wrote in message
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in article , Java Man
(Espressopithecus) at wrote on 12/22/03 8:33 AM:

In article ,
says...
They claim scraping rather than rinsing prolongs the life of glasses
and china.

I haven't been doing it long enough to know whether this is true.

Rick

Oh, this is hard to accept.

If you use a spatula only, doesn't the plate get "rinsed" in the first 15
seconds of the dishwasher cycle, and then the detergent is "eating away at
the the finish" from then on?

What kind of dishes have such a delicate finish that dishwasher detergent
will erode them?
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I started this etching thread and for me the only glassware items that have
been seriously etched have been the "pyrex" type, thick measuring jugs that
are commonly available in kitchen and hardware stores. They have become
completely frosted so that the measuring lines and numbers are no longer
visible.

Graham