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    UK Creda Spacesaver Dishwasher

    I don't think they were popular either. The control panel on the one I saw, irritated me - I thought the design was basic, cheap and nasty. I wonder who made it? I remember Hotpoint of that era had a deal with Bosch for the small compact table-top dishwasher. The footnotes always made mention...
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    UK Creda Spacesaver Dishwasher

    I think this is it - or a variant of it. (You might need to rotate the images on your computer: CTRL ALT and direction arrows). https://www.manualslib.com/manual/382742/Creda-Hb18505e.html?page=11#manual
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    UK Creda Spacesaver Dishwasher

    I remember seeing a compact type you described, whether it was Creda or Hotpoint, I can't remember. This particular machine was a display model in Currys, and seemed to be equipped with a glass or Perspex door - I think it was a one-off for display purposes only. The spray in this display model...
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    220 Volt Living

    CE approval As far as I know, the CE mark is to be replaced by the UKCA mark for Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland). Northern Ireland appears to be of a more complicated situation with both the UKNI and the CE mark required in tandem on goods...
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    What are scent booster beads made of?

    I remember you could once buy lavender-scented vacuum cleaner paper bags, probably in the late Seventies, early Eighties. They were the Hoover Senior/Junior style, grey coloured. I don't remember the brand, they were probably just generic spares.
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    "Hasp" Jars

    Kilner Jars Various shapes and styles of closure. https://www.kilnerjar.co.uk/
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    New Miele G 7000 dishwasher with PowerDisk

    Ah, thanks. How long do the alternating spray arms operate for?
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    New Miele G 7000 dishwasher with PowerDisk

    Miele G 7000 Series wash times Regarding the 'Intensive 75°C' programme: How long do the following sequences last, in minutes, roughly? Prewash Mainwash I ask because my scraggy old Bosch - which incidentally I have never been happy with - does a prewash for 20 minutes (approximately)...
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    What do you call it ?

    Reply #23 That is exactly the sort of incompetence I expect from modern day companies - frankly, it does not surprise me in the slightest. Speaking of cookers... I was looking at Belling's range of cookers. Pretty dire styling now.
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    Best “Modern” Dishwasher

    Surely that Bosch is approaching 'vintage' status? I'm assuming that is the 'Apexx' series? It looks suspiciously similar to the Bosch 'Exxcel' mid-range over here, so must be well over a decade old by now. The dispenser is of the standard version too. Modern Bosch have the dispenser high up in...
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    What are scent booster beads made of?

    Even worse... The 'Scent of Ariel' version: Polyethylene Glycol PARFUM PARFUM Aqua Butylphenyl Methylpropional Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone Coumarin Citronellol Benzyl Salicylate Linalool Limonene Urea Hexyl Cinnamal Eugenol Methoxypolyoxymethylene Melamine (MW>500000) Hydroxycitronellal Magnesium...
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    What are scent booster beads made of?

    Lenor Unstoppables 'Fresh' Polyethylene Glycol PARFUM Benzyl Salicylate Hexyl Cinnamal Citronellol Eugenol Aqua BHT Colorant Basically a waxy perfume concoction. But they may cause allergic reactions: "Polyethylene glycol as a cause of anaphylaxis"...
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    Microbiological Assessment of Utensils Cleaned by Domestic Dishwashers

    Food Protection Trends/Sahai paper "Although chlorine is a well-established sanitizer, we would not expect its presence in a detergent to improve the chances of a dishwasher meeting the prescribed limit. To be an effective sanitizer, chlorine must be added, in the right concentration, during...
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    Microbiological Assessment of Utensils Cleaned by Domestic Dishwashers

    Mechanical Dishwashing I came across this - a report from 1999, with an update from 2005: "Methods for ascertaining the cleaning performance of dishwasher detergents" It mentions when the the biological compact detergents put in an appearance: 1990/91...
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    WHICH? Magazine, Feb. 1963 - Dishwashing Machines Report

    Swanmaid Apologies for resurrecting this ancient thread, but... I was watching an old colour film from 1969/1970, called 'Some Will, Some Won't'. This film is an inferior remake of the 1951 Alastair Sim film, 'Laughter in Paradise'. Anyway, in 'Some Will, Some Won't', Michael Hordern's...
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    Fun thread, favorite dishwasher detergent?

    "why would you wanna wash you’re dishes with bleach?" Two-fold action: to remove tannin stains, and sanitise the dishes. Older powder detergents were highly caustic (sodium metasilicate) and had a chlorine based bleach (sodium dichloroisocyanurate). Good cleaning power, terrible fragrance...
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    New Old Stock - Kitchenaid KD-12P - first steps?

    I like the way Kitchenaid has no allegiance to just one 'recommended' detergent - they've effectively 'thrown in the kitchen sink' with three decent sized samples - and included vouchers for a fourth brand! You never see that these days - in fact you're damned lucky to get a couple of sample...
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    Bob dishwasher & DRM

    Looking at the 'Techmoan' video - and pausing it - the 'Bob' detergent appears to be as follows: Compartment 1 is apparently detergent, composed of Sodium Hydroxide and Etidronic Acid, with phosphonates and polycarboxylates. However there is no chlorine bleach. Compartment 2 is apparently the...
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    Origin of Rolls Rapide

    It is a pity that the multi-million dollar corporations can't see beyond their balance sheets and allow a 'one-off' concession, with one single entity of the store/restaurant being allowed to exist with the 'dodgy' name brand as it is or was. Simply as a goodwill gesture and local tourist curiosity.
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    Origin of Rolls Rapide

    Rolls Razor / Rolls-Royce No relationship whatsoever. Bloom just liked the idea of getting a free marketing boost with the 'Rolls' name. Probably if that sort of game was tried today (playing off the reputation of a distinctive quality brand), the perpetrator would no doubt be dragged through...
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