TJ Hemrick wrote:

> John, what kind of soap are you using?  Don't tell me standard
> dishwasher soap.  That stuff will tear the hell out of aluminum.  I
> once had a the Wife/GF (no, I'm not saying which!) put one of those
> expensive aluminum pans in the machine and the lye in the soap
> stripped the anodization off and then pitted the hell out of it.  I'd
> be real careful about regular dish soap.  It won't damage the metal
> and it will cut the grease but it's meant to bubble and suds and your
> machine will spit bubbles and suds if you put just a little in there.
> Just my 2 cents

I have cast aluminum pans.  I find regular Cascade makes them come out
nice and shiney without pitting them.  I've had bad luck with off-brand
detergents and anything that claims to have citrus in it.  YMMV.

I'm not sure I'd want to put anything I eat off of into a dishwasher
that had had engine parts coated with toxic petroleum residue in it, though.

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David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 VW Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon