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  1. ultralux88

    Commercial laundry detergent

    Well, I ended up spending entirely too much money on laundry detergent, but that’s what happens when A: you buy the real commercial stuff by the bucket full, and B: you can’t decide on liquid or powder, so you get one of each... What I got myself was Liquid Laundersol, 5 gallons, and HTD heavy...
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    Mechanical timer issues - Thermador THD4800

    Well, I was forced to take out the Thermador and put the not yet vintage PowerClean back in the kitchen... I’m not blaming this one on the Thermador itself, as I really think this is just an age related failure, but what’s happening is the timer will hang up at one of I think two different...
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    Before and after in Thermadoria

    It’s still not quite as good as the Whirlpool Powerclean, but it’s pretty damn good. And it looks good!! The dispenser actually opens three times. You’ve got the two cups, the first one pops open in the prewash, then it clunks again in the main wash and opens that cup about 90% of the way, it...
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    Before and after in Thermadoria

    Back so soon, Mr and Mrs Jones... *saleman gulls nervously* well I sure hope it’s because you were completely satisfied with your recent experience... Some manky new business as well as a couple noteworthy repeat customers.
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    Before and after in Thermadoria

    Alas! Silence... Dishwasher must be done! Well everything came out sparkling sans a couple tribal dissidents, as you’ll see. And as you’ll also see, not a single yibble or bit on a thing, not even the bottom of a cup! That big flat container has been permanently disfigured, and it’s been...
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    Before and after in Thermadoria

    Well it’s either patting this one here out to a sparkling finish, or baking those yibbles and bits on for the long haul...
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    i will never get why my mom decided not to keep this vintage kitchenaid dishwasher?

    I’m going to third the old one arm machines. They really blast the dishes, even the upper rack!
  8. ultralux88

    Before and after in Thermadoria

    Just minutes in... And we’re getting steamed up about it already.[this post was last edited: 4/25/2020-21:05]
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    Before and after in Thermadoria

    So finally doing a before and after. Here’s the before. Highlighting some of the dirtiest items, and showing what’s been passing for a full dishwasher. The square pans had meatloaf baked in them. Sadly some Lilly livered dish rinser got to the gravy pan... I used two scoops of the green stuff in...
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    Thermador dishwasher observations, updates and questions.

    Well, I was assuming it would be a close on rise, but I’m in unfamiliar territory and thing can always work differently than I’d expect. Well, we had a close call, the detergent dispenser buzzing and occasionally not opening up, or opening all the way up too in the first wash. Finally, it just...
  11. ultralux88

    Thermador dishwasher observations, updates and questions.

    Well, I solved he yibbles and bits issue by making absolutely certain that all cups and glasses on the top rack sit over one of the rails that prop them up at an angle. Since doing this, I haven’t seen a single yibble or bit. I’ve also been more careful about where I place Gladware lids and...
  12. ultralux88

    Thermador dishwasher observations, updates and questions.

    That’s my feeling on it. Everything seems to be working fine, yet it never satisfies the mechanism on sani steam. But what’s really ‘baking my noodle’, to quote the Oracle, is why the regular wash would be better at solving the yibbles and bits problem than the heavy steam. I’d think the rinse...
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    Thermador dishwasher observations, updates and questions.

    I don’t have an “On” light on this one, it just has the ones by the various cycle stages. If it’s on, either the wash rinse or dry light will be on. If it’s steaming, it’ll have wash or rinse as well as the steam light. It hangs up with rinse and steam on the sani rinse. I also just had the...
  14. ultralux88

    Thermador dishwasher observations, updates and questions.

    I did get the wash arms, and that made a HUGE difference! The issue I’m having with it hanging on the final rinse, it sits there with both the Rinse and Steam lights on, and you hear it in there sizzling away, once I lost track of it and the thing sat and steamed for like an hour! I hit the...
  15. ultralux88

    Thermador dishwasher observations, updates and questions.

    Well, firstly despite looking at the model plate and seeing both the model and the date code, I called it a THD4600, when it is actually a 4800... And now onto things that don’t make me feel like a moron... LOL The first thing I’ve noticed is that it is loud, but it does wash quite well, I’ve...
  16. ultralux88

    The Thermador thunders again!

    You can tell what parts are the good stainless and what’s the cheap stuff, the inner door, tub, and sump all look different. Sadly this machine won’t stay too long, mom finds it too loud, so it will either get replaced by the original Whirlpool from 2005, or if I can find a good one, a bisque...
  17. ultralux88

    The Thermador thunders again!

    I wish I knew someone out in LA! Someone needs to grab that, it’s a rare beauty, and a real Thermadorian Thermador too, not just some fuckaroon that married into the family! 3M marine sealant? Looks like it’s easy entry find. Sadly it’ll be white rather than clear, or better yet, light blue...
  18. ultralux88

    The Thermador thunders again!

    Exactly, but I don’t know any good ones. Dr Schpengelmiener already performed all the surgeries he knows on this machine. He’s at a loss with cancer, all he knows to do is a full rack transplant... *GULP*
  19. ultralux88

    The Thermador thunders again!

    Well so far it’s running great, but I found cancer!! What should I do about this??
  20. ultralux88

    The Thermador thunders again!

    I'll check that part on it tonight, I'm hoping to get it installed when I get home!
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