Dishwasher Damage

[Janet]

I was just wondering if anyone knows how to keep the glasses from getting etch marks on them when they go through the dishwasher. The main reason I bought a dishwasher was because I hated washing glasses..I had one too many break with my hand and washcloth inside. But now they are all yukky looking...any ideas besides hand washing them?

[Marilyn]

Jet Dry seems to help prevent this problem. I had the same thing happening until I go a Bosch dishwasher. The drying principle behind Bosch requires you to use Jet Dry and I've noticed my glasses aren't getting etched anymore.

Hope this helps.

[katcarasella]

Yes, Jet Dry is great. I used it all the time, but now with the few dishes I use I just hand wash and drip dry. It would take me two weeks to fill up my dishwasher.

[Janet]

I use Jet Dry...hmmmm. Maybe I need to use more of it.

[DianaB]

We're having an awful time with our water since the flood because our water plant still isn't up and running yet. They've got a temporary plant running. My dishes look awful when they come out of the dishwasher. I bought one of those bottles that you run in your dishwasher to remove the lime deposits. I counldn't tell that it did anything. My husband ended up taking off my upper sprayer arm and we did clean a lot of lime deposits out of it. I don't know how he got it off because I could never figure it out. Every so often I throw in a cup or so of vinegar and my dishes come out really nice. And I put in more Jet-Dry! It's better. At least my glasses aren't cloudy anymore but my plastic comes out with gray water spots.

Sorry, Janet, I didn't mean to use your section for venting. I'm not sure what causes glasses to etch in the dishwasher but I agree with the others about the Jet-Dry. Maybe adding some more would help.

[Janet]

Oh please don't apologize, it was interesting reading. Vinegar you say..maybe I should do that to clean it out good.