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Dishwasher - cloudy glasses
I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and
I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. |
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Terry D wrote: I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. Not sure you can rescue them once it's happened. You can help to avoid it by making sure that the rinse agent dispenser and salt container are not allowed to become empty. -- Cheers, Set Square ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is Black Hole! |
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It depends on the detergent that you have been using - some will slowly etch
some glass and given that one type of glasses has suffered while the other has not probably confirms it. Either you cloudy glasses are not dishwasher proof and need to be washed by hand, you need to accept the cloudiness or you could try another detergent. The cloudiness can't be removed. Hope that helps. Harry "Terry D" wrote in message news:5iE2c.2051$m56.695@newsfe1-win... I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. |
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"Terry D" wrote in message news:5iE2c.2051$m56.695@newsfe1-win... I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. Never put lead glass in a dishwasher. mrcheerful |
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Set Square wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Terry D wrote: I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the Not sure you can rescue them once it's happened. You can help to avoid it by making sure that the rinse agent dispenser and salt container are not allowed to become empty. No reason why you couldn't polish them. Will be a lot of work though. See rec.crafts.glass |
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MrCheerful writes "Terry D" wrote in message news:5iE2c.2051$m56.695@newsfe1-win... I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? Never put lead glass in a dishwasher. Are you suggesting that lead glass can cause cloudiness in other glasses? -- dave @ stejonda "To materialist eyes, India is a developing country; to spiritual eyes, the United States is a developing country." Ram Dass |
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"dave @ stejonda" wrote in message ... In message , MrCheerful writes "Terry D" wrote in message news:5iE2c.2051$m56.695@newsfe1-win... I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? Never put lead glass in a dishwasher. Are you suggesting that lead glass can cause cloudiness in other glasses? -- no, the lead content in the glass reacts with the salts etc. in dishwash powder and turns the glass cloudy, I don't think it leaches out and effects other items. MrCheerful |
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Hi,
Do you live in a hard water area? One possibility is that scale particles forms in the water as it is heated and these particles abrade the glass and cause the cloudiness. cheers, Pete On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:08:55 -0000, "Terry D" wrote: I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. |
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"Terry D" wrote in message news:5iE2c.2051$m56.695@newsfe1-win... I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. Detergent gradually etches the glass. Never put good quality glass in the dishwasher, use cheap glassware for use in the dishwasher then you just replace it when it goes cloudy |
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"MrCheerful" wrote in message ... "Terry D" wrote in message news:5iE2c.2051$m56.695@newsfe1-win... I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. Never put lead glass in a dishwasher. mrcheerful Yeah; but thought that one is not supposed to drink from leaded glass? Isn't lead why some affluent Romans went mad? Or am I thinking of lead glaze on some porcelain ware that can be dissolved by certain foods and dishwashing? And what about pewter? I've read, I think, not to put pewter through a dishwasher (not that I would!). |
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"AK" wrote in message ... "Terry D" wrote in message news:5iE2c.2051$m56.695@newsfe1-win... I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. Detergent gradually etches the glass. Never put good quality glass in the dishwasher, use cheap glassware for use in the dishwasher then you just replace it when it goes cloudy I've heard same "Never put high quality glass ware, such as wine glasses in a dishwasher". |
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"AK" wrote in message ...
"Terry D" wrote in message news:5iE2c.2051$m56.695@newsfe1-win... I bought a Bosch dishwasher about a year ago. It's absolutely brilliant and I don't know how I ever managed without one. The only niggle is that some, but not all of my glassware has ended up with a partial cloudy appearance. Is there any way to avoid this and can the cloudy film be removed? The glassware most affected are cheap supermarket 1/2 pint tumblers. My wineglasses (also cheap) seem unaffected. Terry D. Detergent gradually etches the glass. Never put good quality glass in the dishwasher, use cheap glassware for use in the dishwasher then you just replace it when it goes cloudy We live in a soft water area (Near Birmingham) and have used a Bosch dishwasher for a number of years, never had a problem with cloudy glasses, we do use different dishwaser tablets/powder every time one box runs out we use a different brand next time, same with washing powder for laundry (my wifes ideas not sure of the logic). Also I regularly dismantle the internal pipes and spray arms inside the dishwasher and unclog all the accumulated food debris etc then use one of those dishwasher cleaning packs you get from supermarket, make sure your rinse aid is always topped up, and salt, although we dont use it here. Hope that helps. Mark |
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Detergent gradually etches the glass. Never put good quality glass in the dishwasher, use cheap glassware for use in the dishwasher then you just replace it when it goes cloudy Just got back from the shop - Finish are now selling Protector which 'releases glass protecting agents that neutralise the damaging corrosive elements'. Why don't they just remove the damaging corrosive elements? -- dave @ stejonda "To materialist eyes, India is a developing country; to spiritual eyes, the United States is a developing country." Ram Dass |
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In uk.d-i-y, dave @ stejonda wrote:
Just got back from the shop - Finish are now selling Protector which 'releases glass protecting agents that neutralise the damaging corrosive elements'. Why don't they just remove the damaging corrosive elements? Umm, chemistry. When you wash dishes by hand, you have an intelligent system which directs mechanical scrubbing action at the particularly dirty bits. Until the advent of nanobots ;-) no dishwasher-and-powder combination can do this; so, to compensate for the absence of a direct mechanical scrubbing action, the water temperature is noticeably higher than for handwashing (if you ever dunk your hands into 65-degs-C water you'll know about it!!), the dishwasher detergent is markedly more aggressive than what you'd use in the sink, and the washing cycle goes on for a damn sight longer than any normal ooman bean is willing to put in at the sink - maybe 20+ minutes sustained washing time. Without the "aggressive" and mildly caustic washing powder, your dirtier plates and pans just aren't going to come out clean - and remember the woshdosh has to subject all the contents to enough cleaning for 'worst case' (with a crude separation between top and bottom racks which reduces the pressure, and possibly volume, of the dissolved cleaning-gunk sprayed at the top rack by comparison with the bottom). HTH - Stefek |
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:48:59 +0000, "dave @ stejonda"
wrote: In message , AK writes Detergent gradually etches the glass. Never put good quality glass in the dishwasher, use cheap glassware for use in the dishwasher then you just replace it when it goes cloudy Just got back from the shop - Finish are now selling Protector which 'releases glass protecting agents that neutralise the damaging corrosive elements'. Why don't they just remove the damaging corrosive elements? Because you can charge more money if you add things...... ..andy To email, substitute .nospam with .gl |
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 11:54:07 +0000, "dave @ stejonda"
wrote: In message , writes In uk.d-i-y, dave @ stejonda wrote: Just got back from the shop - Finish are now selling Protector which 'releases glass protecting agents that neutralise the damaging corrosive elements'. Why don't they just remove the damaging corrosive elements? Umm, chemistry. Yes, but (my point is that) if they're adding stuff to neutralise the nasty chemicals they're presumably also neutralising the washing action. Or, just maybe, they're mis-describing what their 'Protector' stuff does. Don't forget that some of these products have the ball component which is released by the action of higher temperatures for a long time. The neutraliser could be in there. ..andy To email, substitute .nospam with .gl |
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Andy Hall wrote: Don't forget that some of these products have the ball component which is released by the action of higher temperatures for a long time. The neutraliser could be in there. Does that really work? Being inquisitive I tried opening the dishwasher at various points to see this process (yes, I know. Nothing you can say will be worse than what my wife thought :-)) in action and the entire tablet complete with ball seemed to turn into a soggy mess at about the same rate. Certainly no obvious "staged release" or whatever it is they advertised. We went back to bog standard (and therefore quarter price) tesco own brand cheapies. Can't say I have noticed any real decline in washing performance - certainly save a fair bit of cash though. As far as glasses go, we have some that go cloudy all over, a couple that seem to be effected in certain places and some that show now cloudiness at all. Given that they are all cheap and nasty anyway they just get thrown when they are too manky (although most get broken before this stage in our house ) Darren |
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Andy Hall wrote: Don't forget that some of these products have the ball component which is released by the action of higher temperatures for a long time. The neutraliser could be in there. Does that really work? Seems to in mine.... Hmmm. I can see more investigations are required. I'll wait till the wife is out though Darren |
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In article , dmc wrote:
In article , Andy Hall wrote: Don't forget that some of these products have the ball component which is released by the action of higher temperatures for a long time. The neutraliser could be in there. Does that really work? Being inquisitive I tried opening the dishwasher at various points to see this process (yes, I know. Nothing you can say will be worse than what my wife thought :-)) in action and the entire tablet complete with ball seemed to turn into a soggy mess at about the same rate. Certainly no obvious "staged release" or whatever it is they advertised. I've always assumed that the "ball" and differently coloured layers in dishwasher tablets were all the same and just made up with dyes to make the user think the different bits do different things. Any "additives" are a function of the entire tablet, I'm sure. James |
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 16:55:16 +0000 (UTC), James Fidell
wrote: In article , dmc wrote: In article , Andy Hall wrote: Don't forget that some of these products have the ball component which is released by the action of higher temperatures for a long time. The neutraliser could be in there. Does that really work? Being inquisitive I tried opening the dishwasher at various points to see this process (yes, I know. Nothing you can say will be worse than what my wife thought :-)) in action and the entire tablet complete with ball seemed to turn into a soggy mess at about the same rate. Certainly no obvious "staged release" or whatever it is they advertised. I've always assumed that the "ball" and differently coloured layers in dishwasher tablets were all the same and just made up with dyes to make the user think the different bits do different things. Any "additives" are a function of the entire tablet, I'm sure. James I'm not sure. On mine, the little ball does seem to hang around until towards the end. Whether it has different stuff in it, I have no idea, but the end result is OK and that's what I care about. ..andy To email, substitute .nospam with .gl |
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In article ,
Pete C wrote: On Mon, 08 Mar 04 16:39:54 GMT, (dmc) wrote: As far as glasses go, we have some that go cloudy all over, a couple that seem to be effected in certain places and some that show now cloudiness at all. Given that they are all cheap and nasty anyway they just get thrown or recyled I hope... Yep - should have been clear I guess They are thrown individually into the glass bin at the tip. Very satisfying way to get rid of them. Of course, whether or not they are then actually recyled seems a touchy subject! I guess that clear glass is...not so sure on green though... Darren |
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