I don't put the sterling or the Royal Dalton with the hand painted periwinkles in the dishwasher. I liked to use Dove dishwashing liquid on them but I guess that is no longer made? Gary
Vintage China in dishwasher, yes or no?
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danemodsandy
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Here's the Scoop:
Decorated dinnerware falls into two categories - underglaze and overglaze.
With underglaze dinnerware, the decoration is under a layer of glaze, so it's protected. With overglaze, just the opposite is true; the decoration is unprotected.
Some metal-trimmed dinnerware is underglaze, which means the dishwasher can't hurt the trim. The trade-off is that using this technique makes the metal trim look much less shiny, so a lot of metal decoration is overglaze.
You really have to assume that dinnerware with metal trim is overglaze unless the dinnerware is marked underglaze and says "Dishwasher Safe." Don't assume that just because something is marked underglaze that the metal trim is underglaze, too - it could be that just the rest of the pattern is underglaze. It pretty much has to say "Dishwasher Safe" before I'd trust it in the machine.
Decorated dinnerware falls into two categories - underglaze and overglaze.
With underglaze dinnerware, the decoration is under a layer of glaze, so it's protected. With overglaze, just the opposite is true; the decoration is unprotected.
Some metal-trimmed dinnerware is underglaze, which means the dishwasher can't hurt the trim. The trade-off is that using this technique makes the metal trim look much less shiny, so a lot of metal decoration is overglaze.
You really have to assume that dinnerware with metal trim is overglaze unless the dinnerware is marked underglaze and says "Dishwasher Safe." Don't assume that just because something is marked underglaze that the metal trim is underglaze, too - it could be that just the rest of the pattern is underglaze. It pretty much has to say "Dishwasher Safe" before I'd trust it in the machine.
China can be amazingly tough. My former roommate had a lot of odds and ends of good china bought in thrift stores. That stuff was always being run through the dishwasher. In fact, stuff got sent through that I'd never have expected to survive. But very little got ruined.
However, for something special, I, myself, would be very careful, and NOT use the dishwasher until I could satisfy myself that the china would be likely to survive.
However, for something special, I, myself, would be very careful, and NOT use the dishwasher until I could satisfy myself that the china would be likely to survive.
polkanut
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Yes Gary,
Our Hyacinth would be appalled, wouldn't she?
Our Hyacinth would be appalled, wouldn't she?
dogboy44
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either that
or my "royal worcester double glazed avignon"
or my "royal worcester double glazed avignon"
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