"Pennyaline" > wrote in
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> "Kisanna" wrote:
> > Problems so
> > far I encountered a if you use the dishwasher and have hard water,
> > as we
> > do, it will spot sliqhtly (that doesn't bother me at all)
>
> But that's not a problem inherent in the cookware.
>
> Here south of Salt Lake City, we have a dishwasher and water so hard it
> seems to skip the vapor state and goes directly to a solid when heated. I
> gave up using the dishwasher within days of moving into the house, as the
> crust created on the dishes during a load looked and wore like granite.
> Nothing prevails against this water. It emasculates Jet Dry. Two water
> softeners have succumbed in two years, and while they WERE working we were
> bloating with sodium overload while still battling flocculates and scum.

Potassium chloride is readily available for use in water softeners if you
are avoiding sodium.