Dishwashing in the Westcountry; 1991-style

[lavamat_jon]

Whilst trawling through second hand stores this weekend down in Bristol, our good friend and sister Richard (richbristoluk) came across this little gem - although an extra dishwasher is what he needs more than a hole in a head at the minute!

 

Where else to start but with this classic feature...

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Cycle selector

6 programmes, 2 economy cycles

 

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Bosch SMS6032

Yes, it's a perfect example of an early-90s Bosch dishwasher.  Surprisingly it hasn't yellowed as so many other Bosch machines from this era did.  All it needed was a wipe with hot soapy water and it's perfectly clean.

 

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Interior mugshot

After running a Finish dishwasher cleaner through.  The heater element was slightly scaled up before, but now is all showroom new.  Being an older model it still has the exposed heating elements.

 

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Racks

Being a higher-end model, it has removable tines at the rear of the bottom basket

 

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loading

Rich stacks the maiden load

 

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Top rack

Pretty much the same as current models, except this model still has the funnel for the upper spray arm

 

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Detergent

Rich loads the detergent dispenser - Finish powder if you please

 

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detergent

for prewash & mainwash

 

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With the push of one finger

Rich sets the cycle - normal wash 65*

 

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The Finish range

Other items in the Finish dishwasher range include...

 

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Mugshot

Full mugshot of the control panel mid-cycle

 

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The end result

And finally what you've all been waiting for; the end result.  An hour and 10 minutes later for a normal wash, and nothing but sparkling Royal Doulton for the Bristolian housewife!

 

I'll leave Rich to talk further about the dishwasher, but hope you all enjoyed the pics!

 

Jon

 

[ronhic]

Bosch have always made great dishwashers as far as I'm concerned....and I love those particular models with the long row of piano key cycle selections....

 

Just FAB!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Wow

A gem of a machine, these where the series from the 80`s (yours is the later ones) made for Hotpoint by Bosch, great machines, I have the white version with the two dials not push button, next model down, this is TOL....AND I fully approve with the choice of detergent salt & rinse aid, none of those 10,000 in one tablet do da`s!!!

Hope you boys had a great weekend, looks like

Cheers, Mike

 

[dj-gabriele]

I really like the optical wash indicator! It's so futuristically retrò!

 

[mattywashboy]

Nice find!

Not satisfied enough with the dramatic wash action of the Colston are we Richard? tsk tsk.

Congrats

Matt
xxx

 

[hotpointfan]

Hello

May I ask if this is the same Rich that had/has the matching washer and the table top dishwasher?