Hi All - I hope someone can help with this: We have a number of clear glass saucepan lids that have become 'smoked glass' over the years. This is probably due to constant washing in a dishwasher. Has anyone any advice on how the lids can be restored to their original clear state?
Probably not an easy question to answer but do you know if the 'smoked glass' effect is just on the outer surface of the glass or has the glass 'smoked' internally? If it's just the outer surface you may be able to 'T' cut it ... if it's internal I don't think you can do anything to restore them to their original clear state.
I suspect that this is permanent damage caused by the aggressive washing action in the dishwasher. Go green and get the washing up bowl into use again!
Sounds odd, our glass saucepan lids have been cleaned in the dishwasher all their long life and are showing no signs of becoming "smoked". Do your drinking glasses suffer from the same?
No. I've seen similar on some glasses of ours, but not for some time. The effect is of a light whispy fog. I think that modern dishwasher tablets have some kind of addative to prevent it.
One bowlfull does the whole job for me. I start washing when the bowl is less than half full and rinse under a very slow running hot tap into the bowl. By the time it is full I've finished. Bob
Our dishwasher uses 11 litres of water (approx) per wash. Our washing up bowl holds 15 litres (approx)* so I save at least 4 litres per wash up because sometimes the water would need to be changed due to it being dirty, so I save even more.
I worked this out by measuring the bowl so no water has been wasted in this experiment!!
One thing that hasn't been mentioned! what about cost of heating the water? I assume a dishwasher is like a washing machine - cold water in and heated in the machine, whereas the washing bowl has it 'on tap' - literally! - straight from your cylinder.
Oh, and a further thing..... what about the tabs you put in there are they as 'green' as Fairy?
And... it could be argued that washing up in the traditional fashion, burns up a few calories so are you turning in to a couch potatoe with all this lazy spare time you're saving? are you going to end up costing the NHS heaps due to your lolling around life-style just sitting there waiting for the dish washer cycle to finish?
Are you hands as clean as someone who has had them soaked in Fairy liquid for 20mins? killing all bacteria, pig flu, plague and limes disease on them?
Has your dishwasher really got into the groove of your forks after doling out the dog food and leaving the residue on the fork to harden for days while you wait to fill the machine - with all that bacteria growing away in the warm dampness of your dishwasher, just waiting to burst out at you every time you open the door - it's on your hands, you've breathed it it - you're gonna die!!!!!!
Me? I just empty the bowl, give it a swill and wipe my hands
It appears that only the amount of water used has been taken into your calculations.
What about the electricity used to operate the machine? Also the fuels used in manufacturing and distributing it, and the materials used in its construction, and the disposal effects when it reaches the end of its usability? What proportion of its components can *and will* be reused/recycled and how much will end up in landfills, and of those are any toxic should they leach into the environment - air or water - as in time they surely must.
Hard water scale left on the surface. This might be due to no rinse aid and/or water softener not working (no salt, or controls broken).
Leaching into the glass. This is due to washing high lead content glass in a dishwasher. The alkline detergent will leach into the glass. Tends to happen with lead crystal and other expensive (high lead content) glass, and I'd be surprised if glass pan lids would suffer from this.
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