On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 18:05:11 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/19/2017 1:33 PM, wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 23:30:02 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/18/2017 11:02 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 8/18/2017 12:45 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> On 8/17/2017 2:31 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>> Overcrowding the utensil basket is another culprit. If your
>>>>>> dishwasher only has one wash arm at the bottom of the machine, water
>>>>>> must be allowed to flow betwen the bottom rack dishes in order to
>>>>>> reach the top rack.
>>>>>
>>>>> That reminds me of when I loaded the dishwasher when my brother was
>>>>> here. He actually started rearranging the flatware in the utensil
>>>>> basket after I loaded it. He put all the spoons together in one
>>>>> basket, forks together, etc. All facing the same direction. Wow.
>>>>> Really? You do know those spoons and forks might nest together,
>>>>> right? LOL
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> About a year go when my wife was in the hospital they had soup for
>>>> lunch. she took a couple of spoonful and said it did not feel right.
>>>> sure enough there were two spoons stuck together and it was disgusting
>>>> what was inside.
>>>>
>>> "nesting" is simply not a good way to put utensils in a dishwasher.
>>> They need to be arranged in such a manner they don't get stuck together.
>>
>> Not just utensils, any items nested will result in improper washing
>>
>>>> The sent it to the wrong person. I photographed it and sent copies to
>>>> the hospital administration and the food service. It created quit a
>>>> stir and a review of procedures and training. They switched to
>>>> disposables for a few days too.
>>>
>>> I hope they didn't try to wash the disposables in a dishwasher.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I wash disposibles all the time, all my plastic freezer containers are
>> technically disposable and those are primarily what I use the
>> dishwasher for... I have to be careful not to nest the containers/lids
>> or to arrange them that the force of the water spray dislodges them so
>> that they do nest or flip over, then they fill with water.
>(snippage)
>
>
>Placed face down in the rack (even on the bottom rack) those Gladware
>and Ziplock "disposable" containers (which certainly get reused around
>here!) don't tend to flip over.

Maybe the spray on our Maytag is more powerful.

> don't tend to use plastic utensils
>unless they come with a take-out meal.

Kathy uses plastic utensils when she brings lunch to the golf course
and also when she brings lunch to school... I suppose she can toss
them in the trash there but she brings them home so I wash them. She
doesn't like the plastic disposables there, they are extremely
flimsy... the better quality ones we buy don't cost very much but
still when she brings them home so I wash them.

For as often/rarely as we use our dishwasher it should last longer
than us. When we moved dhere the disheasher they left didn't work
very well, was abrand dno longer made. Whenb we had the new top of
teh line Mytag installe3d the tech was impressed fith it and said he
would buy one himself when his died. He had to change the water
hoses, the people here used old automobile heater hose that was about
ready to burst. Most rural people are extremely frugal, they do
everything themselves even if they don't have a clue how... I believe
in letting each tradesman do their own thing, in the end costs less
and less problematic. I never would have noticed those auto heater
hoses... they wre about ready to flood the kitchen... a proper hose
kit cost like $19 and no charge for installation as that was included
in the general Maytag installation that we paid for anyway... I think
it was $49 for delivery and installation, also removal of the old
unit. We're not experts on dishwashers but this Maytag has worked
perfectly since day one.