I am looking for a new brand that won't etch my glassware, actually cleans lipstick off of teacups, and WON'T PIT MY ALL-CLAD COOKWARE (I just saw one review online where the person was saying that the new product has chlorine bleach in it and has wrecked his metalware, All-Clad pots, and an heirloom butter dish).
I want to avoid that. I also don't want to have a debate about phosphates (though, I doubt I will get one here on FR). I want a product that saves me money at the store, saves me labor and energy of having to prewash, and cleans the dishes without ruining them.
Add this to the list of items I will have to smuggle in Obama’s America! Light Bulbs....Soda.....now Diswashing Detergent......LOL
Buy some trisodium phosphate at a hardware store and add a half a teaspoon or so to each wash.
http://www.castlewholesalers.com/SAVOGRAN-10621-1Lb-TSP-Trisodium-Phosphate.html
They banned phosphate detetergents a year ago, where I live, but only in two counties. I stocked up at the COSTCO in the neighboring county and now have a five year supply of the regular CASCADE.
All-Clad does not recommend putting their product in a dishwasher. It can void your warranty and they will not replace it if you send it back for replacement. (I worked as a sales rep at Macy’s for a rival top cookware line.) I also own All-Clad. For the price I paid for it, I would never put it in a dishwasher and risk damaging it!
You must live in Washington State. (Or one of the leftist cook places that passed the phosphorous is bad rules for detergents.)
When I first heard about this, I went to the grocery store and bought me enough detergent to last for quite some time. I’d sell ya some, but that’s probably illegal now.
Welcome to the land of the nanny state!
The last container of Cascade ruined our silverware.
Black stains on most of the handles. Nothing removes the stains either.
They sent me a thin plastic bag to return the container and the damaged silverware. The post office was not amused.
You cannot send an already opened dishwasher detergent container thru the mail.
Ours was "frothing", therefore seeping water onto the tile floor.
I called their 800 number and gave the guy the pack date code. (I'd bought it on the cleanout special table at Sam's Club two months ago).......was told that since the first number was "7" it was expired; number 7 means packed in 2007, and their crap has a ONE YEAR shelf life.
We switched to another brand, and voila -- problem solved. If their stuff has an "expiration date", why don't they advise the consumer of such?
I, too, have noticed Cascade is not as good as it used to be.
I am using another product, Electrasol Finish tablets.
Who would puts an “heirloom” in their dishwasher?? Anything that matters to me I sure wouldn’t put in a dishwasher!
We are on well and septic system and have only used phosphate-free chlorine free dishwasher products as my wife believes it helps preserve the septic tank and leach field.
We use Seventh Generation dishwasher powder and seems to work well. You might experiment with a box and see if it does the job for you.
Jack
I have been using the Cascade Complete—the powder/rinse packets. So far, no problems. Thots?
I used Sunlight. It was very good and cheap
You can buy good old cascade with phospsphates at most restaurant supply stores. They haven’t been forbidden or commercial use. Heaven forbid our government overlords should be faced with less than immaculate dishes at one of their expensed meals....
Washington state led the country on the push for phosphate free detergent and they started in two counties only, Whatcom and around Spokane. So, every time I drove south, I picked up a box of real detergent and I now have a five year supply of dishwasher detergent in my garage.
I recommend “Cold Water”. Unfortunately he is gone now. Best dam Mountain Lion dog I ever saw. He could clean 8 dinner plates in five minutes.