I have always wondered about this. What causes dishes and glassware to sometimes chip during a wash cycle?
Glass Chips in the Dishwasher
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I have always wondered about this. What causes dishes and glassware to sometimes chip during a wash cycle?
I always assumed that the cups were touching, or too close, and the pressure from the spray arm causes one of the cups to hit against the other over and over until it breaks.
Other than that the breakage would happen during loading.
Other than that the breakage would happen during loading.
Yeah, I agree, I always thought that may had been a reason. Sometimes I wondered if the force of the water jets had anything to do with it.
Friends of ours had a wash arm and tower Plastisol Frigidaire. One night they used some little glass things that were sort of a cross between a bowl and a plate. They were admittedly thin glass and were loaded in the center of the top rack, each resting upright between the pins and not touching. They loaded the machine, but did not run it. As they sat there talking with the guests, thee were these little pings coming from the kitchen. All of the little glass dishes were broken before they ever ran the machine, just from the stress of resting on their sides in the rack. Whodathunkit?
rolls_rapide
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I had a half-dozen of engraved, reasonably sturdy standard glasses. They were stacked in twos - as you sometimes do.
The three bottom ones splintered.
The three bottom ones splintered.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand your terminology. Were they in double decker racks like some DWs have where a fold up section can be dropped down over shorter objects like cups and other things like juice glasses (or old fashions) can be racked over the objects underneath?
I recently broke a glass casserole lid while unloading the DW. Caught the knob of it on another lid. :-(
Odd incident some years ago at Granny's. Sitting at the kitchen table, heard a loud POP. WTH??? Something fall? Hit the house? Took a while for investigation to find a glass coffee mug in the cabinet had spontaneously exploded.
hippiedoll
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WTH???
"a glass coffee mug in the cabinet had spontaneously exploded."
Whaaaat...
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"a glass coffee mug in the cabinet had spontaneously exploded."
Whaaaat...
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Didn't Corelle dinnerware have a bad reputation for that? I swear I had a friend who had a couple of Corelle plates explode in the cupboard after putting them away after a bath in the dishwasher.
Glass is frequently
Already damaged and just waiting for any excuse to fracture.
The temperature differential or loud noises (pressure variations) in the dishwasher can be enough to cause the glass to shatter.
I've never seen Pyrex break in the dishwasher but lots of cheap Libby glasses have, over time.
Already damaged and just waiting for any excuse to fracture.
The temperature differential or loud noises (pressure variations) in the dishwasher can be enough to cause the glass to shatter.
I've never seen Pyrex break in the dishwasher but lots of cheap Libby glasses have, over time.
arris
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Breaking
Could it be the the stress of heating & cooling over time cause the breakage ???? I noticed using the sani cycle more of my glasses became brittle over time and would break... Just a thought ........
Could it be the the stress of heating & cooling over time cause the breakage ???? I noticed using the sani cycle more of my glasses became brittle over time and would break... Just a thought ........
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Paul I remember that too! My mother's first set...she was unloading the DW one day and a coffee mug broke when she picked it up from the top rack.
Paul I remember that too! My mother's first set...she was unloading the DW one day and a coffee mug broke when she picked it up from the top rack.
The set of glass mugs Granny had were not Corelle ... very similar to this, if not identical. She didn't have a dishwasher.
It's because of the "unnatural attractions" of the homosexuals and judgements handed down from on high on our tableware; just listen to the talibangelical preachers. I wonder if they can "heal" dishes and glasses if you put them on top of the TV. Of course, with thin screens, that gets harder to do. I wonder if they yell "HEAL" too loudly if they might cause further damage.
rolls_rapide
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@tomturbomatic:
They (the glasses) were stacked in a cupboard, one inside another, simply to make more room. The three bottoms splintered.
They (the glasses) were stacked in a cupboard, one inside another, simply to make more room. The three bottoms splintered.
hippiedoll
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OH OH...
I have CORELLE dishes!
So I will be extra careful. Although 3 of the coffee mugs are the thick Pyrex glass and 1 is the thinner CORELLE glass.
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I have CORELLE dishes!
So I will be extra careful. Although 3 of the coffee mugs are the thick Pyrex glass and 1 is the thinner CORELLE glass.
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My GE Mobilemaid Has Wrecked
More than a handful of dishes, chinaware, and glassware. What isn't etched is scratched, cracked and or chipped. Just got a new set of Ikea ware, if it messes up those items the thing is going to the curb, am that fed up!
Going by conversations from my mother's and grandmother's generation of housekeepers the often strong force of water in older dishwashers simply moves things about no matter how well secured.
Know can hear dishes in the MM being moved about, the machine itself actually "dances" while running due to force of water inside.
Of course these vintage units use far more water than today's, *and* since many only had the one wash arm used quite a bit of force to move water. This one assumes was a design intent to ensure water reached top racks.
Actually have some Corelle (coffee mugs) that the GE MM has reduced to marked/streaked wrecks. All were new going in, but now have gray markings on outside. Am told this is from rubbing against tines, and "yes", all were properly placed when loading. [this post was last edited: 9/6/2018-20:15]
More than a handful of dishes, chinaware, and glassware. What isn't etched is scratched, cracked and or chipped. Just got a new set of Ikea ware, if it messes up those items the thing is going to the curb, am that fed up!
Going by conversations from my mother's and grandmother's generation of housekeepers the often strong force of water in older dishwashers simply moves things about no matter how well secured.
Know can hear dishes in the MM being moved about, the machine itself actually "dances" while running due to force of water inside.
Of course these vintage units use far more water than today's, *and* since many only had the one wash arm used quite a bit of force to move water. This one assumes was a design intent to ensure water reached top racks.
Actually have some Corelle (coffee mugs) that the GE MM has reduced to marked/streaked wrecks. All were new going in, but now have gray markings on outside. Am told this is from rubbing against tines, and "yes", all were properly placed when loading. [this post was last edited: 9/6/2018-20:15]
All my dishware is vintage Corelle (Crazy Daisy). So far, nothing has been damaged by the KDS-58. Now I am getting paranoid. Perhaps I should get a new Corelle set, and leave the vintage set for hand wash only.
