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You are doing nothing wrong, at all. Your softener should be giving you near zero hardness, so I would set my dishwasher's water hardness control to the lowest setting. With soft water, I gave up using a rinse agent eventually, and noticed virtually no difference in the cleanliness or shine...

Ha. Not quite my style. It was more like a quick wipe with a Magic Eraser, and a spray of Formula 409, while wearing my ratty blue-jeans, and T-shirt, lol.

Residential water softers do an ion exchange of sodium for calcium. This sodium is at low levels, but the higher the water hardness the more residual sodium in the water. You have a relatively high water hardness, in grains per gallon, so you like Iikely have enough sodium to leave a residue...

My experience with a middle "T" set was very limited. I purchased them for a song at a local thrift store, due to their filth. Very, very dirty. They must have been used in a barn to wash horse blankets, lol. I estimate they were in the neighborhood of 16 years old. The dryer needed a new...

That is a laughable comment from Combo, "They could have used silver colored plastic if they wanted it." "They could have easily thrown a stainless steel rub in their middle T." lol. A silver colored plastic tub is not stainless steel, nor is it competitive with stainless steel. A...

This was for the 1998/1999 model year, Bob, if I recall correctly. GE did put their logo onto the Raytheon designed Amana/Speed Queen machines. This was done for only a brief amount of time. I purchased a set from Home Depot for my sister and brother-in-law for a housewarming gift. Not too long...

Being an appliance collector, I rarely ever had to go without a dishwasher for over a day, because I just swap out for a working unit. It's just a convenience we get used to. It shows how blessed/spoiled we are when we get upset about having to do dishes by hand. My mom grew up in southern...

If we were all alike, it would be a very boring world. There are many reason people have to use or not use dishwashers. Whatever is comfortable to them is fine. It's their decison. However, as aforementioned, I have often found that people who have a dishwasher, and don't use it, are often that...

It is interesting to see the variability in comments about one's using a dishwasher. There is no right or wrong, per se, just what you feel is right for you. Personally, we live around our dishwasher. As the day progresses, we just pop in the dishes from meals, snacks, etc. At the end of the...

Good memories. I remember Ruth's daughter Candy's passing, do sad and no Ruth never recovered. Candy was such a sweet snd innocent girl, I remember when she visited her mom's show. Her bit part in the Troy Donahue film, "Palm Springs Weekend," gives only a few seconds flash of Candy, but it's...

I lived that history. I grew up in the Dayton, Ohio area and watched Ruth Lyons, as a kid whenever school was out, every Holiday and during summer break. Ruth was a phenomenal and my mom and grandma were fans of hers. Everything I know about her comes from experience.She used to speak of her...

I lived that history. I grew up in the Dayton, Ohio area and watched Ruth Lyons, as a kid, whenever school was out, every Holiday and during summer break. Ruth was a phenomenal and my mom and grandma were fans of hers. Everything I know about her comes from experience. She is missed, a local...

Ah, the Ruth Lyons Christmas albums! I have the original release album, and then the second release as well, called "It's Christmas Time Again." I would say most on this site are not familiar with Ruth Lyons, although for a short time she did appear in national broadcast, mostly she was a...

How cool! What a great job on your jukebox, Matt....very impressive!!