"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> don't like washing those by hand, the DW does a better job with
>> plastic becasue plastics do absorb some cooking fats. I don't like to
>> wash glassware in the DW, not even everyday cheapos, because they
>> become etched. I hand wash a lot of cat food bowls every day, so once
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> I've never had glasses become etched.

I wonder if it has to do with the water? Or the type of detergent being
used? Glasses certainly do get etched in the dishwasher. Our water is soft
here.