Glass Chips in the Dishwasher

[launderess]

Think farily modern dishwashers

Are safer bets for things, especially when properly loaded. They don't use nearly as much water nor seem to have same powerful pumps. But then again many do have two or more wash levels/arms, so they don't have to blow water at pressure wash force to reach all areas.

Cannot say for sure, but *think* reason so many vintage dishwashers ended up little used is they did cause harm to dishes/glassware. Housewives simply got fed up and washed things by hand instead of seeing all their china/glassware reduced to chipped/etched hot messes.

 

[iowabear]

I think that is true.  We didn't have a dishwasher but my favorite Aunt did.

 

I can remember her saying "good dishes don't go in the dishwasher" as if was a simple fact.  Everyday stuff yes, but anything else, no.

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>I can remember her saying "good dishes don't go in the dishwasher" as if was a simple fact. Everyday stuff yes, but anything else, no.</blockquote> That's an interesting perspective ... being as Josephine Cochran (I think that was her name) invented the household dishwasher due to the problem of kitchen staff breaking her china and crystal when handwashing.

 

[launderess]

True, true.

But dishwashers by the 1950's were vastly different than those based upon Madame Cochran's original designs.

My GE MM can scour paint off walls I shouldn't wonder. Run the thing empty or not very full and it actually moves about.

Don't think Mrs. Cochran would be putting her fine china and crystal into a dishwasher of 1950's or so vintage. Maybe today's models with far less forceful water jets.

Only difference in the China/Crystal setting for my MM is the unit skips one pre-wash and shortens drying cycle. Otherwise it's all systems go! *LOL*

Do recall reading housekeeping magazines and homemaker guides from the 1970's and 1980's which strongly advised disregarding whatever "china and crystal" settings were on a dishwasher, and *NOT* to subject one's fine things to automatic dishwashing.

 

[tomturbomatic]

GE dishwashers that did not have a filter had large openings in the wash arm to allow food particles to pass through similar to old Thermadors. It was a rough trip. A friend with a 70s GE used to put clean plates in the lower rack if it were not filled to protect the glasses and stuff in the top rack.