Idk how long you’ve been doing it at this point but just FYI, citric acid will eat right through painted-on designs, even kiln-fired paints like for pint glasses and stuff.
If you have stuff you want to keep nice, like brewery pint glasses or whatever, immediately stip putting them in with citric acid. Run those seperately or wash by hand. It might already be too late if the top layer has been etched into, but maybe not.
Even my $100/stem wine glasses go in the dishwasher. Still fine after 18 years. But, our dishwasher has a “wine glasses” setting, and is “recommended” by Riedel. Maybe doesn’t use the rinse aid, or very little, on that setting. Most commercial rinse aids are just mainly citric acid.
Most stuff is fine, its just paint. Like printed-on stuff. Idk what your wine glasses look like, or how whatever design they have was put on, but the paint used on stuff like pint glasses and travel mugs and the like gets eaten away by citric acid in a way that rinse aid never did. Possibly because the rinse aid acid is diluted with alcohol. Idk.
I use citric acid for hard water, so it’s possible you use less, was just offering a warning in case you care about your stuff like I do.
Yea, typically aluminum pans will have their finish degraded by dishwasher detergents and the time they’re exposed.
I have some cookie and baking trays like this. They still work fine, just don’t look good.
They do look like aluminum, but I’ve also had steel do that in the dishwasher.
Not stainless but I stopped using dishwasher tablets when they pitted some stainless
Aluminium and acid don’t play well together.
Dishwashing detergents are alkali, but aluminum doesn’t play well with those either
I play well with aluminum. It feels funny when I chew it with my molars.
Rinse aid is an acid. And most fancy dish pods will have an acid portion as well. I actually use straight citric acid as a cheap home made rinse aid.
Idk how long you’ve been doing it at this point but just FYI, citric acid will eat right through painted-on designs, even kiln-fired paints like for pint glasses and stuff.
If you have stuff you want to keep nice, like brewery pint glasses or whatever, immediately stip putting them in with citric acid. Run those seperately or wash by hand. It might already be too late if the top layer has been etched into, but maybe not.
I learned the hard way :(
Even my $100/stem wine glasses go in the dishwasher. Still fine after 18 years. But, our dishwasher has a “wine glasses” setting, and is “recommended” by Riedel. Maybe doesn’t use the rinse aid, or very little, on that setting. Most commercial rinse aids are just mainly citric acid.
Most stuff is fine, its just paint. Like printed-on stuff. Idk what your wine glasses look like, or how whatever design they have was put on, but the paint used on stuff like pint glasses and travel mugs and the like gets eaten away by citric acid in a way that rinse aid never did. Possibly because the rinse aid acid is diluted with alcohol. Idk.
I use citric acid for hard water, so it’s possible you use less, was just offering a warning in case you care about your stuff like I do.
Ah, got it. Thanks for the heads up. It’s trial by fire at our house. If it can’t survive the dishwasher……