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What you can usually wash safely
in
your dishwasher.
And what you can’t.
Special
Instructions
Some
darkening or spotting possible.
Remove by
scouring with soap-filled steel wool
pads.
Usually
Safe
YES
Material
Aluminum
Exceptions (not safe)
Some colored anodized aluminum can
fade.
Antique, metal-trimmed, hand-painted
or over-the-glaze patterns
fade.
Gold
leaf will discolor,
Antique, metal-trimmed
or
h~r]d-
painted patterns
fade.
Gold leaf will
discolor.
If in doubt, check with the manufacturer, or
test
wash
one
piece daily
for
at least a month. Compare with the
rest of the set,
Load
securely
to
prevent movement. Check
manufacturer’s instructions
for
your crystal.
ChintiStoneware YES
YES
Crystal
NO
Non-dishwasher
items—such as
electronic air cleaner
filters, furnace filters,
paint brushes, etc.
Do not wash in dishwasher. Damage to dishwasher
and
discoloration or staining of dishwasher
moy
result
{;lass
YES
NO
Milk glass may yellow.
Iron will rust.
Iron
Pewter NO
Pewter tarnishes.
Plastics YES
If
it doesn’t say DISHWASHER SAFE. test
onc
piece in
the top rack before
dishwashing
an entire set. Wash in
top
rack
only.
Stainless steel
Sterling silver
and silver plate
YES
Rinse if not washing immediately,
Salty
or acid
foods
can stain if left on.
Rinse if not washing immediately. Salty
or
acid
foods
can stain if left on. Dry detergent can cause
diff’icult-to-
remove black spots. Place in back section o! silverware
basket to avoid exposure
to
detergent
from
the
detergent
cup.
YES
Don’t put in
same
silverware basket
with stainless steel. Contact between
metals can damage silver. Don’t wash
copper utensils in the same
loud,
Silver
may get a brown film. Adhesive used
to attach some hollow-handle knives
can
loosen.
Non-stick
coatings
After washing, wipe the non-stick
cotiting
orea
with
vegetable oil to keep it from losing
its
non-stick
qu~l
ity.
YES
Tin
Wood
NO
NO
Tin
can
rust.
Wood
can
wtirp.
crack or lose its
finish
with
any
type
of’
wushing.
Forget a dish? Here’s
when you can add it.
Add dishes any time during the
RINSE & HOLD cycle. With
other wash cycles, you can
add
However, opening the door during
2. Wait a
few
seconds until the
any cycle lessens cleaning power water
caltns.
Then open the door.
because the temperature inside the
dishwasher is lowered. So try to
3. Add dishes you’ve forgotten.
load everything at the beginning.
4. Close the door and push the
dishes at any-time BEFORE the main
Here’s how to add
a
forgotten dish:
latch to the far right. When the
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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