Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

I had posted a question about the whitish film my Maytag dishwasher was
leaving on stainless flatware and promised to post the solution when I
found it. Well, I did.

Whoever suggested TSP hit the nail right on the head. As it turned out,
I was unable to find any at either Lowes or Ace so i had to go to the
internet. Amazon sells it; it arrived today.

The first thing I did was mix up 15% TSP (by weight) and add it to my
box of Cascade, then ran a load of dishes. EUREKA! No more film.

I want to thank all of those who replied to my post and offered
suggestions. I was on the verge of buying a new machine but don't need
to do so now. Thanks so much.



Jay

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

--
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"Jay Hanig" wrote in message
...
I had posted a question about the whitish film my Maytag
dishwasher was
leaving on stainless flatware and promised to post the
solution when I
found it. Well, I did.

Whoever suggested TSP hit the nail right on the head. As it
turned out,
I was unable to find any at either Lowes or Ace so i had to
go to the
internet. Amazon sells it; it arrived today.

The first thing I did was mix up 15% TSP (by weight) and add
it to my
box of Cascade, then ran a load of dishes. EUREKA! No more
film.

I want to thank all of those who replied to my post and
offered
suggestions. I was on the verge of buying a new machine but
don't need
to do so now. Thanks so much.



Jay

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

Jay Hanig wrote in news:4PednYz-8-
:

I had posted a question about the whitish film my Maytag dishwasher was
leaving on stainless flatware and promised to post the solution when I
found it. Well, I did.

Whoever suggested TSP hit the nail right on the head. As it turned out,
I was unable to find any at either Lowes or Ace so i had to go to the
internet. Amazon sells it; it arrived today.

The first thing I did was mix up 15% TSP (by weight) and add it to my
box of Cascade, then ran a load of dishes. EUREKA! No more film.


Can you please check and see if there is an ingredient list on the TSP
package (or a "Contains..." notice? And if there is, do you see an
ingredient with its name containing the letters "phos"?

--
Tegger

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On 11/02/11 07:46 pm, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

Perce

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in news:j8snga$4s7$1
@dont-email.me:

On 11/02/11 07:46 pm, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

Perce

Packaged in a recycled cardboard box I have trisodium phosphate (Savogran).
I think I got it in Home Depot?


--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
...
On 11/02/11 07:46 pm, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as "TSP"
contains no trisodium phosphate.

Perce


then its not TSP

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

Tegger wrote:
Jay Hanig wrote in news:4PednYz-8-
:

I had posted a question about the whitish film my Maytag dishwasher
was leaving on stainless flatware and promised to post the solution
when I found it. Well, I did.

Whoever suggested TSP hit the nail right on the head. As it turned
out, I was unable to find any at either Lowes or Ace so i had to go
to the internet. Amazon sells it; it arrived today.

The first thing I did was mix up 15% TSP (by weight) and add it to my
box of Cascade, then ran a load of dishes. EUREKA! No more film.


Can you please check and see if there is an ingredient list on the TSP
package (or a "Contains..." notice? And if there is, do you see an
ingredient with its name containing the letters "phos"?

They sell TSP and "TSP substitute". Red box, green box in one brand.

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

At one store (old time hardware) they have both TSP, and
some stuff with silicate instead. TSP can be found, but it's
getting harder to find.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
...
On 11/02/11 07:46 pm, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen
labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

Perce

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote:

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

That's because you missed the fine print that says in very small font
"substitute". True TSP - Trisodium Phosphate is still available unless your
locality has banned its sale.

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message ...
On 11/02/11 07:46 pm, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

Perce


Several states banned TSP use in dishwasher detergent but TSP is still available in other products.

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

ChairMan wrote:
"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
...
On 11/02/11 07:46 pm, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

Perce


then its not TSP

Here's the link to the Home Depot product:
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053

It's made by Savogran. Here's their link to the MSDS from their website:
http://www.savogran.com/Information/TSP_MS.pdf

Note the active ingredient is tri-sodium phosphate - 75-80%

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:31:14 -0400, Jay Hanig
wrote:

I had posted a question about the whitish film my Maytag dishwasher was
leaving on stainless flatware and promised to post the solution when I
found it. Well, I did.

Whoever suggested TSP hit the nail right on the head. As it turned out,
I was unable to find any at either Lowes or Ace so i had to go to the
internet. Amazon sells it; it arrived today.

The first thing I did was mix up 15% TSP (by weight) and add it to my
box of Cascade, then ran a load of dishes. EUREKA! No more film.

I want to thank all of those who replied to my post and offered
suggestions. I was on the verge of buying a new machine but don't need
to do so now. Thanks so much.



Jay

(Thanks for the report)

Now try some TSP (red box) in the clothes washer.

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Nov 3, 10:00*am, "Dave" wrote:
"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in ...

On 11/02/11 07:46 pm, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

Perce

Several states banned TSP use in dishwasher detergent but TSP is still available in other products.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisodi...#Food_additive

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:43:32 -0600, Robert Neville
wrote:

"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote:

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

That's because you missed the fine print that says in very small font
"substitute". True TSP - Trisodium Phosphate is still available unless your
locality has banned its sale.

Actually, the color of the box is the first clue. Green box is
TSP-Free. Buy the red box.

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Nov 2, 8:33*pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote:
On 11/02/11 07:46 pm, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.

I thought *real* TSP was already banned; what I have seen labeled as
"TSP" contains no trisodium phosphate.

Perce

It has been in some areas. It is here (Chesapeake Bay watershed) It
is still available on other areas although it wouldn't surprise me in
the least if it were banned in other unrelated areas for similar
reasons. I'm guessing that that is why the OP had to resort to the
interwebs to get it.

nate

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

Fewer spots on the flatware, from the washing machine, too?

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"Oren" wrote in message
...

I had posted a question about the whitish film my Maytag
dishwasher was
leaving on stainless flatware and promised to post the
solution when I
found it. Well, I did.

(Thanks for the report)

Now try some TSP (red box) in the clothes washer.

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

About 8% of the male population is red / green color blind.

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"Oren" wrote in message
...


That's because you missed the fine print that says in very
small font
"substitute". True TSP - Trisodium Phosphate is still
available unless your
locality has banned its sale.

Actually, the color of the box is the first clue. Green box
is
TSP-Free. Buy the red box.

Trisodium Phosphate ate my waterway
 

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132072...re-still-dirty

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:27:05 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

TSP can be found, but it's
getting harder to find.

Oh, bull-hockey.

The painters can find it...

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:21:25 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

About 8% of the male population is red / green color blind.

Then they read the fine print.

Silly!

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

N8N wrote:

it wouldn't surprise me in
the least if it were banned in other unrelated areas for similar
reasons.

If TSP isn't available in your area and you have to order it, you may want to
order a related chemical - Sodium Tripoly Phosphate. It's functionally the same
as TSP when used as a binder (softening agent) and also used as a seafood
preservative. Not classically a consumer product, but available on eBay and the
web in bulk.

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

Took me several stores to find it, I keep finding the
silicate stuff instead of the phosphate stuff.

One poster on this list, had to go to internet, couldn't
find it local. For my point of view, I'd call that "getting
harder".

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"Oren" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:27:05 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

TSP can be found, but it's
getting harder to find.

Oh, bull-hockey.

The painters can find it...

Trisodium Phosphate ate my waterway
 

I thought you were going to say ethanol ate your sodium
phosphate?

--
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"Stormin Marlin" wrote in message
eb.com...

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132072...re-still-dirty

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:53:02 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisodi...#Food_additive

"...the ocean flooded the area called Florida. As the waters washed
the state billions of phosphate particles were deposited on the land.
These particles alone with sand and clay, settled into strata. The
retreating waters eventually buried these phosphate beads under tons
of sandy oil, mostly in Central Florida.

This area became known as the Bone Valley because of the bones and
fossilized remains of prehistoric animals that are common to phosphate
deposits."

On a dark night you see the fish dashing about in the bay waters. The
water glows with phosphorus.

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

The green letters on the red background?

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"Oren" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:21:25 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

About 8% of the male population is red / green color blind.

Then they read the fine print.

Silly!

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On 11/2/2011 8:12 PM, Tegger wrote:
Can you please check and see if there is an ingredient list on the TSP
package (or a "Contains..." notice? And if there is, do you see an
ingredient with its name containing the letters "phos"?



The stuff I got from Amazon comes in a white, gold and red box with red
covering the bottom 2/3 of the box. At the top it says in a medium
sized font: "Savogran". Immediately under that in very large letters:
"TSP". Below that it says in medium sized letters: "Trisodium
Phosphate" Below that it says: "All-purpose Heavy duty cleaner".

It's the real thing. All the other products that I found locally were
called "Substitute TSP". Now that I know the stuff works, I'll lay in a
supply. The box I bought was just one pound but I can get bigger boxes.
I just didn't want to buy one until I was sure it'd fix my problem.



Jay

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

Jay Hanig wrote in news:o-
:

On 11/2/2011 8:12 PM, Tegger wrote:
Can you please check and see if there is an ingredient list on the TSP
package (or a "Contains..." notice? And if there is, do you see an
ingredient with its name containing the letters "phos"?



The stuff I got from Amazon comes in a white, gold and red box with red
covering the bottom 2/3 of the box. At the top it says in a medium
sized font: "Savogran". Immediately under that in very large letters:
"TSP". Below that it says in medium sized letters: "Trisodium
Phosphate" Below that it says: "All-purpose Heavy duty cleaner".

It's the real thing. All the other products that I found locally were
called "Substitute TSP". Now that I know the stuff works, I'll lay in a
supply. The box I bought was just one pound but I can get bigger boxes.
I just didn't want to buy one until I was sure it'd fix my problem.



Then you do indeed have the real thing. That stuff is like 2,4-D and
carbaryl: eventually they'll get around to banning it entirely for
environut reasons. Definitely go buy up a bunch and store it in a cool dry
place.

The recent mandated removal of phosphate compounds from cleaning agents is
a big reason why your dishwasher (and clothes washer) are not as effective
as they once were. All you're doing is adding back what was regulated out
of your consumer product.


--
Tegger

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:46:10 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:27:05 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

TSP can be found, but it's
getting harder to find.

Oh, bull-hockey.

The painters can find it...

My brother and I used it to scrub off calcimine before painting years
ago. Bad job when there was calcimine.
I think they were banning it in clothes washing detergents 40 years
ago in Illinois.
A guy I worked with was an Amway distributor and "recruited" me for a
short time.
As I recall he bragged how Amway got around that ban by labeling a TSP
clothes detergent as something else. Selling point.
I bought some too.

--Vic

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:49:57 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:21:25 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

About 8% of the male population is red / green color blind.

Then they read the fine print.

Silly!

I'm red/green "color blind."
But I have no problem telling red from green.
Lots of definitions of "color blind."

--Vic

Trisodium Phosphate ate my waterway
 

That's just silly! ;-)

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ...
I thought you were going to say ethanol ate your sodium
phosphate?

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"Stormin Marlin" wrote in message
eb.com...

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132072...re-still-dirty

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Take it from someone should have bought refrigerant R-12 at
$75 a bottle (topped out around $1,000). They won't make it
any easier to buy. Git while the gitting is good.

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"Jay Hanig" wrote in message
...

Now that I know the stuff works, I'll lay in a
supply. The box I bought was just one pound but I can get
bigger boxes.
I just didn't want to buy one until I was sure it'd fix my
problem.



Jay

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Your def'n sure is strange.

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"Vic Smith" wrote in
message ...

I'm red/green "color blind."
But I have no problem telling red from green.
Lots of definitions of "color blind."

--Vic

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

Vic Smith wrote:

I'm red/green "color blind."
But I have no problem telling red from green.
Lots of definitions of "color blind."

If you are a true red/green color-blind (protanopia) then reds and
greens appear as shades of yellow.

A given shade of red with the same intensity as a selected shade of
green would be visually indisinguisable.

Shades of red and green that have different intensities would be
visually distinguisable - but you couldn't tell me which one is the
green one (or the red one).

Look at this image:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gay_flag.svg

There are 7 color bars in that image.

Do the bars that are second from the top and four from the top look
similar (or even identical) to you?

Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
 

On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:35:35 -0400, Home Guy wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:

I'm red/green "color blind."
But I have no problem telling red from green.
Lots of definitions of "color blind."

If you are a true red/green color-blind (protanopia) then reds and
greens appear as shades of yellow.

A given shade of red with the same intensity as a selected shade of
green would be visually indisinguisable.

Shades of red and green that have different intensities would be
visually distinguisable - but you couldn't tell me which one is the
green one (or the red one).

Look at this image:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gay_flag.svg

There are 7 color bars in that image.

Do the bars that are second from the top and four from the top look
similar (or even identical) to you?

Nope. All distinctly different.
I've been told I'm red/green color blind more than once.
Not something I'm likely to forget since it was what got me into the
boiler room.
Navy barred me from anything with electricity and aviation.
One of my low points
This is the test I flunked in the Navy and elsewhere.
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.asp


Only number I see is the 25.
But I passed another test - Coast Guard license I think - where I was
asked to pick different colored pieces of yarn from a box.
No problem quickly picking red and green.
But the tester noticed I went after shades that he would have passed
by for more obvious ones.
He asked if I ever failed a test and I said yes.
He didn't care. I passed HIS test.
Like I said, different definitions.

--Vic

Dishwasher, and now color vision tests
 

Neat stuff. I've known for years, that I've got color vision
problems. The earliest indication was playing Candy Land,
when I'd put my piece on the wrong colors. The other kids
would show me the difference, and I'd keep making the same
mistakes.

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"Vic Smith" wrote in
message ...

Look at this image:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gay_flag.svg

There are 7 color bars in that image.

Do the bars that are second from the top and four from the
top look
similar (or even identical) to you?

Nope. All distinctly different.
I've been told I'm red/green color blind more than once.
Not something I'm likely to forget since it was what got me
into the
boiler room.
Navy barred me from anything with electricity and aviation.
One of my low points
This is the test I flunked in the Navy and elsewhere.
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.asp


Only number I see is the 25.
But I passed another test - Coast Guard license I think -
where I was
asked to pick different colored pieces of yarn from a box.
No problem quickly picking red and green.
But the tester noticed I went after shades that he would
have passed
by for more obvious ones.
He asked if I ever failed a test and I said yes.
He didn't care. I passed HIS test.
Like I said, different definitions.

--Vic

Trisodium Phosphate ate my waterway
 

A fishy story, if I ever heard one.

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"Stormin Marlin" wrote in message
b.com...
That's just silly! ;-)

"Stormin Mormon" wrote
in message ...
I thought you were going to say ethanol ate your sodium
phosphate?

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"Stormin Marlin" wrote in
message
eb.com...

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132072...re-still-dirty

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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:j90j6n
:

A fishy story, if I ever heard one.


I really wish you'd go to bottom posting ...

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Han
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Trisodium Phosphate ate my waterway
 

On 11/4/2011 10:36 AM, Han wrote:

I really wish you'd go to bottom posting ...



You might as well get over that. I've been pushing for universal bottom
posting for years and have gotten nowhere. Now I'd just be satisfied if
people would trim their quotations. All it's supposed to be is a
reference to the answer; not an archive of the thread.

I don't expect to win that battle either.



Jay

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On 11/04/11 10:46 am, Jay Hanig wrote:

I really wish you'd go to bottom posting ...

You might as well get over that. I've been pushing for universal bottom
posting for years and have gotten nowhere. Now I'd just be satisfied if
people would trim their quotations. All it's supposed to be is a
reference to the answer; not an archive of the thread.

I don't expect to win that battle either.

When we were dealing with paper correspondence, did we take all the
previous documents out of the ring binder, put the new letter on the
bottom, then carefully replace all the previous ones, taking care not to
rip out the carefully punched holes? No, I thought not.

Now I just tend to follow the trend in any specific thread.

Perce

Trisodium Phosphate ate my waterway
 

On 11/4/2011 10:46 AM, Jay Hanig wrote:
On 11/4/2011 10:36 AM, Han wrote:

I really wish you'd go to bottom posting ...



You might as well get over that. I've been pushing for universal bottom
posting for years and have gotten nowhere. Now I'd just be satisfied if
people would trim their quotations. All it's supposed to be is a
reference to the answer; not an archive of the thread.

I think it is just simple common courtesy to use whatever the norm
might be. For this group that would be bottom posting. If everyone on a
sidewalk is say walking on the right side what is proved if someone
decides to annoy everyone by walking on the left?


I don't expect to win that battle either.



Jay