Soapy tasting dishes, and it’s not the dishwasher...
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Comments (25)There's been a lot of buzz about banana skins keeping aphids away [Google it], might be worth a try. Threw in another cool link. Washing formulations change. We tried an experiment to kill some crabgrass in the driveway, way back, in the olden days, by throwing a bucket of leftover floor suds on it. Spic'n Span, in those days, turned out to be TSP [ tri sodium phosphate] in an orange box. LOL! Fertilizer ! Dish formulations are changing, most of them are too harsh on fine fabrics now, though i can still use palmolive green liquid. Using some in the oven, was a disaster, it wouldn't all come off, and it scorched, with a dangerous smell. I used years ago, in a spray bottle: ~2 Tbs oil [light, veggie], a small squirt of dishsoap to make it stick, & maybe a little alcohol or vinegar, some garlic or hot pepper... Some aromatics and herbs work as a repellent, so, he he, well, why not just use dirty dishwater? he he, It's a silly notion, that i like my plants too much, to ever try. There's always other stuff, that would make a gummy mess. Besides, it would hurt their feelings. :] Baby shampoo, sounds good. Do they even still sell soap? I couldn't find any anymore, at the S&S. Ivory Snow is now a detergent. Did they have to take it off the market, because there might be a bad cow in the tallow? Who knows. Murphy's Oil Soap is good on scale, and a lot of other pests. Cycle it , with the Safer's, 2 uses of one, then, 2 of the other, The Lemon oil-furniture oil, might have a bigger kick, than cooking oil, in soap / oil combos. Some bugs can't take lemon or pine scent. What about the cheap pine oil cleaners? The store brands have 18%. That might be hard on plants, but heck on bugs, if some one gets daring enough, don't use more than a teaspoon per gallon, and use it late in the day. Great thread. Here is a link that might be useful: Banana skins, aphids, and odd stuff...See MoreDishes smell 'fishy' after dishwasher
Comments (363)I agree that the smelly problem is also connected with the outdoor air; however, I must also add that the problem can't be totally connected to food/enzymes in the detergent because, when we lived in Nashville, TN - we remodeled our main bathroom and put in a nice, new window so we could open it and get some fresh air...we couldn't even open our old one. Once the remodeling was finished, the first time we used our shower and opened the window, the bathroom started smelling like a old FISH - there was no food in our bathroom. So...our assumption after that was the outside air mixing with the WATER was causing this smelly "fish" problem. When we moved to Maryland...we were visiting our son and he gave us some water in glasses...opened his windows and BAM there was the smelly fish problem again when I picked up the glass to take a drink! Our theory is that there is something being added to the whole country's water supply that is causing this problem once the water comes in contact with the outside air. We currently live in a condo where we don't get much outside air because we have a lobby and we don't open our windows....and we are about 90% free of fishy smell!! I say 90% because the other 10% IS fishy smell which only comes when it is extremely WINDY outside which means the air is coming through our windows and the 1 door we have to our patio. Plus, when it is windy, I put a folded up paper towel on top of my glass of water and that keeps the fish smell out of my glass!...See Moredoes anyone still handwash their dishes
Comments (35)vacuumfreak, sounds like you have a great system working for you. I always find it helpful to run some hot water in the sink while I'm cooking. Not a full sink but some and any utensils I'm using can start to soak immediately. This helps me keep up with the dishes. I really have a problem with washing dishes immediately after a meal. I like to be able to enjoy the meal, relax, maybe have dessert later and not rush into doing the dishes. I like to have them soak and that way they're ready to quickly swish, rinse and dry in the rack. BTW, for the one who gets a flavor from the Direct Foam, I'm sure you're just not rinsing them right. Or you're using too much soap. I've always found Dawn & Joy to be the best for rinsing off easily. Sunlite is pretty good. Generics are the worst, Palmolive is pretty bad. Water makes a difference. Find what works best for you. A couple tips: It's a good idea to give brushes, sponges, etc an occasional bleach soaking to kill off the crud. I like having a small, cheap flexible plastic putty knife handy for cleaning things on the counter or on dishes. BTW, I'm not sure the advantage of having a dishpan in the sink. I just put less water in the sink. If you have only one sink, of course it's a benefit, but I don't understand the need. I have the drainer out of the sink. Have thought about leaving it in there and rinsing, but I often have more dishes so it would pile up over so I have the drain tray divert the water to the sink and use one sink for washing and the other for rinsing. Sometimes plug the sink to hold the water for rinsing. But if there's a lot, then you have to change the water or you'll leave soap on the dishes and get the taste. Don't want that! :)...See MoreI want dishwasher that actually dries dishes/ no drying agent
Comments (6)Been there. The ugly old Whirlpool from the early '90's that came with my house did a sparkling beautiful job of it. I miss that DW. Not the ugly part, but the rest of it. Six years ago,. I was led down a primrose path by a new Viking that looked to be well designed and had a "hot air blower" but turned out to just kind of breathe on the dishes rather than drying them at all. The tech said he had lots of complaints, but that it was working the way it was designed to. Viking took it back. I ended up with the Monogram, because it was close enough in price for a direct swap at the store, and it has a heater. I don't know if the newer ones do. So, on the regular cycle the dishes come out wet. It has options for added heat and heated dry. Then the heavier dishes come out dryish. Add plastics cycle, and the dishes all come out dry--but that might also be because I changed to Method Smarty Dish tabs. They have a certain amount of rinse aid in them, I think. Not enough to make the glasses taste soapy. The old Whirlpool cleaned brilliantly with the mildest detergent and no rinse aid. I have to be careful not to put things in that have bits of food on them, because they won't come off. Goo, yes, but a little piece of lettuce, no. AJMadison shows some Whirlpools, as well as a GE and a couple of Amanas (though Amana is a subsidiary of Whirlpool), with heated dry options. They're probably all older design models. Good luck....See Morewdccruise
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