What you can usually wash safely in your dishwasher.
And what you can’t.
Usually
Safe
Material
Exceptions (not safe)
Special Instructions
Some darkening or
spouing
possible. Remove by
scouring with soap-filled steel wool
pfids.
Aluminum
YES
Some colored anodized aluminum can
fade.
ChintiStoneware
Antique, metal-trimmed, hand-painted
or over-the-glaze patterns
fade.
Gold
leaf will discolor.
If in doubt,
check
with the
m~nufacturer,
or test wash
one piece daily
fur
at
Icast
a month. Compare with the
rest
ot the set,
Load securely to prevent movement. Check
manufacturer’s instructions
for
your
crystal.
YES
Crystal
Antique. metal-trimmed or
hand-
painted patterns
fade,
Gold
Ietif’
will
discolor.
YES
Non-dishware
items—such as
electronic air cleaner
filters, furnace filters,
paint brushes, etc.
NO
Do not wash in
dishwtisher.
Damage
[n
dishwasher and
discoloration or
stdining
ot dishwasher
may
result.
(;lass
YES
Milk Glass
may
yellow.
Iron will rust.
Iron
NO
Pewter
NO
Pewter tarnishes.
Plastics
YES
YES
YES
If
it doesn’t say DISHWASHER SAFE, test
(me
piece in
the top rack
before
dishwashing
Jn
entire
se(,
Wash in
top rack only.
Stainless steel Rinse if not washing immediately. Salty or acid foods
can stain if left on.
Sterling
Silver
and Silver plate
Don’t put in same
silverw~re
basket
with stainless steel. Contact between
metals can damage silver. Don’t wash
copper utensils in the same load. Silver
may
get
a brown film. Adhesive used
to
attach
some hollow-handle knives
can loosen.
Rinse if not washing immediately, Salty or acid
foods
can stain if left on. Dry detergent can cause difficult-to-
remove black
spots.
Place in back section of silverware
basket to avoid exposure to detergent from the detergent
cup.
Non-stick
coatings
YES
N()
Attcr washing, wipe the rim-stick coating area with
vegetable
oil
to keep it from losing its
nntl-stick
quality.
Tin
Tin
can
rust
Wood
N()
Wood can warp,
crack
or
lose
its
finish with any type of washing,
Forget
a dish? Here’s
However, opening the door during
2.
Wait
a
few
seconds until
the
any cycle lessens cleaning power
water
caltns.
Then open the door.
when you can add it.
Add dishes
any
time during the
RINSE & HOLD cycle. With
because the temperature inside the
dishwasher is lowered. So
try
to
3.
Add dishes you’ve forgotten.
load everything at the
begin~in~.
4. Close the door and
~ush
the
.-
other wash cycles, you can add
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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