On May 14, 2:17�pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 06:30:48 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
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> >On May 13, 6:55�pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
> >> "buzzsaw mcgee" > wrote in message
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> >> > hello everyone, my stainless pots and pans are losing their finish in
> >> > the dishwasher and i'm not sure what the cause or fix would be.
> >> > i cook on a glasstop range, should i try cookware w/ an enamelized
> >> > outer coating?
> >> > thanks
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> >> Yes, and try not putting your pots and pans in the dishwasher. I never
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> >I always do. �They look fine. �They're just tools; they don't have to
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> >Cindy Hamilton
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> i agree that tools don't have to look their best, but i still don't
> put pans in the dishwasher. �i don't think detergent agrees with them.

I don't put pots in the dishwasher, but because about half the time
there's some areas where food just doesn't wash off so I have to
rewash by hand anyway, and pots take up too much space that I can
better use for dishes, at least my pots do, I rarely use smaller than
an 8 quart pot. I don't think hand washing a pot is any big deal,
takes me a couple three minutes, and at the same time I'll wash some
other things that don't go in the dishwasher either like aluminum
utensils, woodenware, and cat bowls... if I didn't wash cat bowls by
hand I'd need to own about 100 of them.

> (no measuring cups, either - the glass gets etched and the markings
> fade.)

Very true... I never put good glassware in the dishwasher, not my good
flatware either. Dishwashers are for every day dishes, nothing better
quality than ordinary restaurantware