to worry about melted plastic in dishwasher

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stoppingtheroundabout · 08/08/2024 19:05

Water bottle melted / warped in dishwasher. Am worried about fumes and chemical leakage, have the windows open and want to re- wash everything. DH thinks I'm ridiculous and is gone off in a huff.
AIBU?

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ErrolTheDragon · 08/08/2024 19:17

I'm pretty sure it's not even really 'melted'. Plastic water bottles are made essentially by blowing them up like a balloon, there's stress in the structure. When it's warmed above a temperature known as its 'glass transition', it can lose its rigidity, the stresses will be relieved and typically they shrink.

(Caveat... I'm not a polymer chemist, different field. But DH is, he'd show this effect to dd when she was little which he wouldn't have done in a million years if it was even slightly dangerous)

vodkaredbullgirl · 08/08/2024 19:11

YABU, yes

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 08/08/2024 19:11

You're being ridiculous.

Pashazade · 08/08/2024 19:10

Ummm yeah you really don't need to worry. We regularly have melted plastic as I wash stuff before it goes into our recycling (it lives indoors and I don't want smells before anyone starts on that). We're still alive and I've been doing it for well over a decade.

StuckOnTheCeiling · 08/08/2024 19:10

Yeah you’re being unreasonable. It wasn’t on fire! (Presumably) I’d chuck the warped item but not worry about anything else.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/08/2024 19:09

It's warped in the hot water but I doubt it will have seriously decomposed.

jimmyhill · 08/08/2024 19:08

Yeah you're being insane sorry

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