That's similar to what I had in the first wash period and the pod was only about 1/2 dissolved. DD takes slightly less than 1 gal per fill.
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That's similar to what I had in the first wash period and the pod was only about 1/2 dissolved. DD takes slightly less than 1 gal per fill.
I popped a pack in tonight and remembered to get a picture. No suds to speak of...
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Jenn-Air JDB2100AWS suds with Cascade Platinum
This Jenn-Air (2006 vintage, manufactured by Maytag) generates a 1/2" solid layer of floating suds when Cascade Platinum Paks are used via the dispenser.
The machine will start surging at the rate of two per second, or roughly related to the rotation of the rack arms. (I'm not sure there's any relationship there).
Cascade Gel, even if filled to the dispenser brim, does not create this level of suds.
I have had suds-related cleaning issues including a total shutdown of spray arm pressures when an overly generous rinse aid dispenser began malfunctioning and loading far too much Finish (or just leaking it out). I now forgo using any rinse aid.
The Cascade Platinum suds is less severe and seems to cause only intermittent stoppage of spray arm action. Loads are cleaned consistently better with better cleaning of cooked on deposits than with the gel. There appears to be no film at the end and the final rinse water is clear with no suds. The surging is annoying and I do wonder if it causes increased motor or pump wear as a result of the mild variation in motor load and speed, but I will continue using the paks as they do a better job despite the suds.
I used the pak in the prewash dispenser with the idea of oversudsing in the first cycle and then relying on the residue for the main wash. The first stage compartment is just a tad too small for the pak and requires a forced closure that I believe would probably break it over repeated uses.
At some point I may try snipping the pak in half and dividing the contents between the two compartments. I'm don't know whether the blue and green gel-filled portions are expected to mix with the full charge of white powder to formulate the cleaning compounds, or are they just cosmetic? If they're part of a multi-component formulation, cutting the pak would defeat that design (besides just being a mess).
Post #30 shows sudsing similar to my experience with the Cascade Platinum Paks.
This Jenn-Air (2006 vintage, manufactured by Maytag) generates a 1/2" solid layer of floating suds when Cascade Platinum Paks are used via the dispenser.
The machine will start surging at the rate of two per second, or roughly related to the rotation of the rack arms. (I'm not sure there's any relationship there).
Cascade Gel, even if filled to the dispenser brim, does not create this level of suds.
I have had suds-related cleaning issues including a total shutdown of spray arm pressures when an overly generous rinse aid dispenser began malfunctioning and loading far too much Finish (or just leaking it out). I now forgo using any rinse aid.
The Cascade Platinum suds is less severe and seems to cause only intermittent stoppage of spray arm action. Loads are cleaned consistently better with better cleaning of cooked on deposits than with the gel. There appears to be no film at the end and the final rinse water is clear with no suds. The surging is annoying and I do wonder if it causes increased motor or pump wear as a result of the mild variation in motor load and speed, but I will continue using the paks as they do a better job despite the suds.
I used the pak in the prewash dispenser with the idea of oversudsing in the first cycle and then relying on the residue for the main wash. The first stage compartment is just a tad too small for the pak and requires a forced closure that I believe would probably break it over repeated uses.
At some point I may try snipping the pak in half and dividing the contents between the two compartments. I'm don't know whether the blue and green gel-filled portions are expected to mix with the full charge of white powder to formulate the cleaning compounds, or are they just cosmetic? If they're part of a multi-component formulation, cutting the pak would defeat that design (besides just being a mess).
Post #30 shows sudsing similar to my experience with the Cascade Platinum Paks.
The Fairy / Dreft pods, which are the European exact equivalent of this product seem to be slightly less foamy now. I have tried them with excellent results in a Miele machine. The previous generations of them definitely caused far too much foam, as you could hear the dishwasher pump pulling foam.
They're marketed at the moment as "Platinum Plus" with "anti-dull"
They're marketed at the moment as "Platinum Plus" with "anti-dull"
I tried a Finish Quantum pac couple days ago. No discernable sudsing but it did nothing ... zero, zilch ... to stains on the plastic funnel of my iced tea maker.
They must be different formulations. I've had phenomenal results with Fairy Platinum Plus for plastics. Even the dishwasher itself looks like new.
Tannins can take a few cycles to completely disappear though. Tea and tomato stains in plastic aren't easy to remove in one cycle.
Tannins can take a few cycles to completely disappear though. Tea and tomato stains in plastic aren't easy to remove in one cycle.
Cascade Boil Out handles it.
cascade and finish user
Cascade and Finish user here, works well, although the platinum plus does suds, it barely slows them down.
Cascade and Finish user here, works well, although the platinum plus does suds, it barely slows them down.
