[Pilated]

Go to the hardware store, paint department, buy TSP Hard Surface Cleaner. Add one tablespoon to dishwasher along with your regular soap. It is what is missing from the new “green” detergents. Your dishes will look like you remembered.

[Joe Brower]

"Go to the hardware store, paint department, buy TSP Hard Surface Cleaner. Add one tablespoon to dishwasher along with your regular soap. It is what is missing from the new “green” detergents. Your dishes will look like you remembered."

Yes, we ran into this problem several months ago with Cascade and found this solution. TSP is the key. Basically you're just replacing the essential ingredient that was removed to appease the enviro-whackos.

[FourPeas]

I’ve used TSP to clean various really dirty outdoor items, mostly decks and house siding. It’s pretty nasty stuff. It sounds like a simple solution, though. Will TSP damage china, delicate glass, Teflon or other types of dish/cookware? Will it etch glass?

[lkco]

Go to the hardware store, paint department, buy TSP Hard Surface Cleaner. Add one tablespoon to dishwasher along with your regular soap. It is what is missing from the new “green” detergents. Your dishes will look like you remembered.

Be careful with that though too. The first two boxes of TSP that I picked up in the hardware store were "phosphate-free" TSP. (Yes, I know it's supposed to stand for tri-sodium phosphate. I have no idea how they can make it phosphate-free ... and I have a degree in chemistry!) My dishes had been awful too until I bought "real" TSP. I also add it to the laundry now. The new clothing detergent doesn't take out greasy stains without phosphate ... I have 4 kids ... I need to get laundry clean the first time through.

[RinaseaofDs]

THANK YOU!

[donna]

Thanks. I’ve had a really cloudy problem.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

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