Mar. 18, 2008 - Wish I could help

Posted by GenesisFamily

I have always had a dishwasher and my silverware has never looked spotty. That is weird. One tip I heard long ago was to put a variety of utensils in each compartment. If you put all the spoons together they tend to stick together and don't get as clean. That's about all I know... sorry!

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Mar. 18, 2008 - Me neither

Posted by Mrs. Mordecai

I don't have that problem, either. Is your silverware high-quality stainless steel? I have nice silverware that my grandmother gave me for our wedding and it has never been problematic.

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Mar. 18, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

do you use a rinse aid. I find that if I do not my silverware are spotted and not as clean, also it does help to seperate by spoon, forks, knives, ect. Kathey

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Mar. 18, 2008 - Thanks

Posted by Lilyofthevalley4

Yes, we have good quality stainless steel silverware. I'm thinking maybe it is the soap. I'm at the moment using the Kirkland (Costco brand) powder dishwasher soap and it it much worse. So I'm going to go back to Cascade. Hmmmm....

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Mar. 18, 2008 - Some of mine too...

Posted by Anonymous

Some of my silverware does this too! My cheaper ones are worse about this, so I just thought it was because they were cheap,lol. I have noticed that my knives and metal ice cream scoops are nearly a disaster in the DW, so I try to hand wash them or wash them again with soap if they accidently get stuck in the DW. If I don't, they leave a black powder like substance on food, I assume a consequence of the bleach in the DW powder. Thanks for the question! I am intereseted in all the other answers you get! -Donna-

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Mar. 18, 2008 - my thoughts

Posted by tia

My first thought was the detergent. Make sure to ONLY use powder. Liquid detergent will clog the pipes (you'd think the opposite). My 2nd second cousin owned an appliance store, and repaired all our appliances growing up. We also put our silverware pointing down. Forks down, knives, spoons. All knives except steak knives. And as another poster said put a variety of silverware in the silverware thing. HTH!

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Mar. 19, 2008 - Utensils

Posted by Anonymous

Hi, I'm Mom2fur of Sortafrugal.blogspot.com (not anonymous, LOL!) and I have two ideas. One is to alternate the way you put the cutlery in each section of the holder-that is, alternate some forks up and some forks down. Same with everything else--except knives, which would be dangerous. Make sure that spoons don't nest against each other--I try to be sure they are 'back-to-back.' Nesting keeps the water from rinsing them nicely. And my other idea is to put some white vinegar in the rinse-aid holder. I have heard that Jet-Dri is mostly white vinegar, so why pay for it, LOL? I just splash some in there. I think it makes the dishes, etc., dry better. That might prevent spots on your cutlery! Good luck!

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Mar. 19, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Martha

I use Costco powdered stuff, my thought was that you are maybe using too much detergent. I never wash my knives in the dishwasher either. A repair man told us that 1 T of detergent is enough and keeps your dishwasher running longer. I have never noticed spotty silverware.

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Mar. 20, 2008 - Vinegar

Posted by MamaJ

I add vinegar every time I use the dishwasher. Not only does it help with my silverware, it keeps spots off the glasses too! I've tried rinse agents, but they seem to leave a residue as well, and nothing has worked as well as plain old white vinegar so far. Mama J.

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Mar. 20, 2008 - Thanks everyone!

Posted by Lilyofthevalley4

Thanks for the tips!! I wish I could show what I'm talking about in a picture, but it doesn't show up well. Anyway, I'll keep experimenting and see if I can figure what is causing my utensils to look this way. I'm getting low on the Kirkland brand, so I bought Cascade and will see if that makes a difference, also I will try vinegar too. Again thanks for taking the time to comment! :)

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Mar. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

In addition to all the wonderful advice you've already received, make sure not to overload the silverware compartment. I know that when I do that, I usually end up with less than satisfactory results.

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Mar. 22, 2008 - Thanks!!

Posted by Lilyofthevalley4

I was again looking at my utensils this evening, my sister in law was here and I was asking her what she thought and I showed it to her too. She thought maybe it is our water. I also noticed that it is some kind of film, it will wash off when I wash the untensils by hand. So maybe that is what it is..... I don't know! :) Again thanks to everyone for leaving your thoughts!

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