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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 |
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Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
Watch them ban TSP next week. Buy several, before they do.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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 |
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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 |
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"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 |
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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 then its not TSP |
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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. |
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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 Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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 |
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"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. |
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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 Several states banned TSP use in dishwasher detergent but TSP is still available in other products. |
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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% |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Dishwasher no longer leaves film on flatware
Fewer spots on the flatware, from the washing machine, too?
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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. |
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About 8% of the male population is red / green color blind.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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. |
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Trisodium Phosphate ate my waterway
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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... |
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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! |
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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. |
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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". -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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... |
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Trisodium Phosphate ate my waterway
I thought you were going to say ethanol ate your sodium
phosphate? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Stormin Marlin" wrote in message eb.com... http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132072...re-still-dirty |
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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. |
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The green letters on the red background?
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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! |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . "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. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Jay Hanig" wrote in message news 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.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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 |
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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? |
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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 |
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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. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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 |
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A fishy story, if I ever heard one.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "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? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . "Stormin Marlin" wrote in message eb.com... http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132072...re-still-dirty |
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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 |
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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 |
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