Does anybody make an old-style Dishwasher Detergent that has Lye, phosphates and other non-enzyme surfactants in the mix?
Vintage Dishwasher Detergent formulas
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Vintage powder, dishwasher detergent
Hi Ken, you could probably make your own by modifying modern detergent by adding some phosphates in a little bit a lye, Just go easy on the lye As it can very easily destroy rubber parts of the dishwasher. Old dishwasher detergents were very caustic and hard on dishes and dishwashers alike, which is why older dishwashers didn’t last very long when they were heavily used with good hot water. We used to see dishwashers only last four years or so before they were in really nasty shape. One family friend had three Westinghouse dishwashers in just 12 years starting in 1966.
John
Hi Ken, you could probably make your own by modifying modern detergent by adding some phosphates in a little bit a lye, Just go easy on the lye As it can very easily destroy rubber parts of the dishwasher. Old dishwasher detergents were very caustic and hard on dishes and dishwashers alike, which is why older dishwashers didn’t last very long when they were heavily used with good hot water. We used to see dishwashers only last four years or so before they were in really nasty shape. One family friend had three Westinghouse dishwashers in just 12 years starting in 1966.
John
Weren`t even the most caustic vintage dishwasher and laundry detergents water glass based instead of lye?
rolls_rapide
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Reply #2... Water Glass
Yes, they were - typically listed in the ingredients as Sodium Metasilicate, as on Lever's 'Sun' box.
I have a vague memory that mid-1980s Benckiser's 'Finish' named their ingredient differently... either Sodium Silicate or Sodium Disilicate. I can't remember which it was.
The bleaching agent was chlorine based, as in Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate.
'Sun' had the corrosive warning label. 'Finish' - I think - had the irritant label.
Yes, they were - typically listed in the ingredients as Sodium Metasilicate, as on Lever's 'Sun' box.
I have a vague memory that mid-1980s Benckiser's 'Finish' named their ingredient differently... either Sodium Silicate or Sodium Disilicate. I can't remember which it was.
The bleaching agent was chlorine based, as in Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate.
'Sun' had the corrosive warning label. 'Finish' - I think - had the irritant label.
