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What you can usually wash safely in your dishwasher.
And what you can’t.
Usually
Material
Safe Exceptions (not safe)
Special Instructions
Numinum
YES Some colored anodized Some darkening or spotting possible. Remove by
aluminum can fade.
scouring with soap-filled
stml
wool pads.
China/
YES Antique, metal-trimmed,
Stoneware
If in doubt,
check with the manufacturer. Or test wash
hand-painted or over-the-glaze
one piece daily for at least a month. Compare with the
patterns fade.
rest of the set.
Gold
leaf
will discolor.
Crys@l
YES
Antique, metal-trimmed
or
Load
securely to prevent movement.
hand-painted patterns fade.
Gold leaf will discolor.
Non-dishware
NO
Do not wash in dishwasher. Damage to dishwasher
items—such
and discoloration or staining of dishwasher
may
result.
as electronic
air cleaner
~ters,
furnace
filters, paint
brushes, etc.
Glass
YES
Milk
Glass
may yellow.
kon
NO
Iron will
rust,
Pewter
NO
Wwter
tarnishes.
Plastics
YES
[fit
doesn’t say DISHWASHER SAFE, test one piece
before
dishwashing
an entire set.
Stainless steel
YES
Rinse if not washing immediately.
Salty
or acid foods
can stain if left on.
Sterling
Silver
YES
Don’t put in same silverware
Rinse if not washing immediately.
Salty
or acid foods can
and Silver
basket with stainless
steel.
stain if left on. Dry detergent can cause difficult-to-remove
plate
Contact between metals can
black spots. Place in back section of silverware basket to
damage silver.
avoid exposure to detergent from the detergent cup.
Don’t use copper utensils in
the same load. Silver may get a
brown
film.
Adhesive
usd
to attach some
hollow-handle knives can loosen.
Non-stick
YES
Afier
washing, wipe the non-stick coating area with
coatings
vegetable
oil
to keep it from
losing
its non-stick quality.
~n
NO
Tin can rust.
Wood
NO
Wood can warp, crack or lose
its finish with any type washing.
Fo~et
a dish? Here’s when
However, opening the door during 2. Wait a few seconds until the
vou
can add it.
any cycle lessens cleaning power
water calms. Then open the door.
“
Add dishes any time during the
because the temperature inside the
3. Add dishes you’ve forgotten.
RINSE & HOLD cycle. With other
dishwasher is lowered. So try to
wash cycles, you can add dishes at
load everything at the beginning.
4. Close the door and push the
latch to the far right. When the
any time BEFORE the main
How to add a forgotten dish:
door is locked.
washing
will
detergent wash portion of the
cycle.
1. Push the door latch to the left.
continue.
Washing will stop.
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