yetanotherBob > wrote:
>Please also consider that your experience may be a sign that you've got
>an exceptionally gentle (or anemic) dishwasher, vs. your other theories.
>Believe me, the average dishwasher WILL trash Caphalon. Big time, and
>quickly. Really.

It's not the power of the washer that does it.

It's contact with certain ionic solutions.

His water composition and detergent may be interacting to
create a solution that doesn't pit the anodized aluminum.

But he also says it's scratched. You can't scratch
anodized aluminum with normal household utensils. So
maybe instead of pitting it, he's just softened it.

--Blair