What you can usually wash safely your dishwasher.
And what you can’t.
Special
Instructions
Some
darkening or spotting possible.
Remove by
scouring with soap-filled steel wool
Usually
Safe
Material
Aluminum
Exceptions (not safe)
Some colored anodized aluminum can
fade.
Antique, metal-trimmed, hand-painted
or over-the-glaze patterns
Gold
leaf will discolor,
Antique, metal-trimmed
painted patterns
leaf will
discolor.
If in doubt, check with the manufacturer, or
wash
piece daily
at least a month. Compare with the
rest of the set,
securely prevent movement. Check
manufacturer’s instructions
your crystal.
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
discoloration or staining of dishwasher
YES
NO
Milk glass may yellow.
Iron will rust.
Iron
Pewter
NO
Pewter tarnishes.
Plastics
YES
it doesn’t say DISHWASHER SAFE. test
piece in
the top rack before
an entire set. Wash in
top
only.
Stainless steel
Sterling silver
and silver plate
YES
Rinse if not washing immediately,
or acid
can stain if left on.
Rinse if not washing immediately. Salty
foods
can stain if left on. Dry detergent can cause
remove black spots. Place in back section
silverware
basket to avoid exposure detergent
detergent
cup.
YES
Don’t put in
silverware basket
with stainless steel. Contact between
metals can damage silver. Don’t wash
copper utensils in the same
Silver
may get a brown film. Adhesive used
to attach some hollow-handle knives
loosen.
Non-stick
coatings
After washing, wipe the non-stick
with
vegetable oil to keep it from losing
non-stick
YES
Tin
Wood
NO
NO
Tin
rust.
can
crack or lose its
with
type
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
However, opening the door during
2. Wait a
seconds until the
any cycle lessens cleaning power
water
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 forgotten dish:
latch to the far right. When the
door is locked, washing will
detergent wash portion
the cycle.
1. Push the door latch to the
continue.
Washing will stop.
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