Why can't you put Calphalon in the dishwasher? ++
sf wrote:
> Kalmia > wrote:
>
>> Is it the d/w 'soap'?
>
> That gray stuff is just a coating,
In particular the hard protective coating. It's the difference between
a plain metal pan, a pan with a disposable non-stic coating or a pan
with a sapphire hard coating that is stick resistant (a very useful
feature tha tis not to be confused with non-stick) that should last for
life.
> I guess whatever the abrasives are
> in d/w detergent will make it wear faster.
It's the corrosives in the detergent. The synthetic sapphire coating is
immune to almost any type of abrasive used in cleaning but it is not
chemically immune to acids and bases that have been heated.
> I never put my pots and
> pans in the dishwasher so it's a non-issue for me.
I'm of a different mind on that one. I have little interest in
tolerating anything in my kitchen that does not go in the machine. We
have items that my wife insists on but on my own I'd have almost none of
them. I'd be tempted to ditch the cast iron even.
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