Add THIS to dishwasher to remove red/orange stains from plastics!

[Marky_Mark]

Before being discontinued, Cascade Plastic Booster worked well at removing red/orange stains from plastic items in the dishwasher.  Instructions were to add 3 tablespoons directly into the dishwasher for the prewash and add regular detergent into the dispenser for the main wash.  Apparently the staining occurs when plastic items are washed in the dishwasher along with things like tomato residues, which become embedded in plastic items.

 

The active ingredient in Cascade Plastic Booster was benzoyl peroxide with a concentration of something like 5%.  It breaks down the lycopene.  Benzoyl peroxide is widely available for purchase online and in pharmacies as it is used in acne medications.  I bought a tube of acne cream containing 10% benzoyl peroxide and gave it a try by squeezing a couple of tablespoons in for the prewash.  I used the Intensive cycle which has a 15-minute heated prewash.  There was lots of foam produced.  I probably could have used less.  But it worked!  It might work even better if used during the main wash and then the cycle repeated with detergent.

 

The results:

Before washing, the 3 chopping boards were equally as stained.  I only washed two for comparison with the other one.  Not completely white, but not bad at all.

The 3 containers emerged with all stains completely removed!

 

 

 

[liamy1]

Haha

Glad i can get a use for this.

I'm highly allergic to it. I was prescribed it for Acne when I was 15, it burnt my face, was sent home from school.

And that was on the lowest dose we have 2 percent.

 

[philcobendixduo]

Tomato Sauce Stained Plastic

Many years ago, I read somewhere that putting tomato sauce stained plastic ware in the sun for a few hours would make the stain completely disappear.
I tried it and it actually worked!
Don't know what the reason behind this is but it was a miracle to me!

 

[Marky_Mark]

I've never tried putting them out in the sun.  But after reading your post, the untreated chopping board is now sunbathing outside.  Let's see what happens!

 

[jamiel]

I bought some of that plastic booster and the tube split before I could use it all up.

 

[iheartmaytag]

Tomato stains

My cousin said she adds 1/2 a scoop of Oxi-clean to the dishwasher to remove these stains.  The only Oxi I have ever used suds too much.  I did buy some Oxi-clean dishwasher detergent.  I didn't notice any difference.

 

 

 

[DADoES]

 
Chlorine bleach would also take care of the stains (but will quash enzymes from working).

Cascade Fryer Boil Out (previously known as Cascade Institutional) has bleach.  Works great on plastics (both "soft" and "hard") with tomato and tea/coffee stains.

 

[rp2813]

Am I imagining things or didn't Rubbermaid or some such manufacturer advertise a tomato stain-resistant material either during the Olympics or Super Bowl a dozen or so years ago?  I remember a lot of classic Italian grandmas dancing around and swooning in the ad.

 

[logixx]

Strangely enough, I never had much luck with chlorine bleach and plastics - even undiluted, it didn't do much. Sunlight or two trips through the dishwasher work better for me.

I also successfully tried olive oil on freshly (carrot) stained food processor parts.

 

[tolivac]

Chlorine bleach can also weaken plastics-use with care!

 

[alr2903]

I remember an old thread where using "Tang" was discussed to remove red staining from plastic dishwasher interiors. I did search0late but could not locate the thread. A

 

[tomturbomatic]

All that Tang did was remove lime & rust deposits in the dishwasher with the use of citric acid in a classic reduction process like when you remove tarnish from copper. Remember redox equations in chemistry? Using Tang was a wasteful way of doing it but it was simple enough that stupid people could grasp the how-to part without having to look for Fruit Fresh if they did not do canning or freezing or ask the druggist for citric acid.

 

[DADoES]

 
Hydrogen peroxide, or is the OTC product not enough strength?

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Cascade Plastic Booster

I wish they brought Cascade Plastic Booster back. Why did they discontinue it? I want to try some.

 

[tomturbomatic]

If you try an OXI product to remove stains, throw one or two Simethicone 180 mg gels in the machine with the OXI and that will take care of sudsing.

 

[jamiel]

or a few drops of silicone personal lubricant