Reinstalled Kaiser

[spiceman1957]

Love It !!

Martin, thanks for posting the video as well. How long do you let the machine run with each cycle, and at what temp. is the water being used? I can easy see this machine being useful for people who use glass mason jars for canning. Think of the time being saved. Are you going to close it in at some time? Love these vintage machines!
John

 

[mrcleanjeans]

Didn't Consumer Reports give these a poor rating? I think they're kewl. What kind of detergent do you use ? How is it on dried on soils or tough stuff like egg or peanut butter?

 

[tomturbomatic]

They were originally used with a liquid detergent by the name of "Chat" that was low in alkalinity to preserve the aluminum parts of the machine. That may have contributed to the poor performance. I think most older dishwashers would wash better with today's detergents than with was made for them and was used for testing them in the early 50s when dishwasher detergents were mostly phosphted water buffering compounds since non-sudsing surfactants were just then being developed and the dry, stable chlorine eventually used in so many dw detergents had yet to be invented.

For heavy, dried on soil the wash cycle would have to be longer and with this machine that means more hot water and an additional dose of detergent since the detergent is diluted during the wash by the incoming fresh hot water and the solution lost down the overflow pipe that keeps the water level constant.

 

[mrcleanjeans]

Thanks Tom ,you are so interesting!