Using the dishwasher for cleaning other things???

[Cutiecat]

a friend recently told me she often did a load in the dishwasher of things like; the plastic step from in the bathroom, plastic toys and crocs. She then runs the machine empty hot with bleach. What do you think? Does anyone else do this?

I do.

I clean my basin from the sink - bottom basket, hot wash, it comes up lovely.

As do crocs I am led to believe

I use it for tons of stuff - just if it's something manky I don't put dishes in with it.

I never use bleach btw, just dishwasher tab.

I heard someone the other day saying they put their dishcloth in there every day. I'd be worried about it falling down & clogging the drain.

Have also heard about someone cooking in it - piece of fish, wrapped up well in foil!

Ideas for 'dishwaher dinner-party' welcome!

I do - I chuck things like the sink plugs, dish brushes, bath toys, anything waterproof really.

mooncup, highchair ( antilop) dichcloths and sponges.

I have been known to put the potty in it with the dustpan and brush too.

I put the metal hob racks that sit on top of the hob burners through the dishwasher, works a treat and has eliminated one of my most-hated housework jobs. Have done the oven trays too.

Someone I know puts her two loo brushes (on their own) in her dishwasher once a month on the 70 degree cycle. but no-one's died yet.

Those foam jigsaw mats

Bike bits
kids toys
stove rings
oven racks
washing up brushes
nail brushes
toothbrushes

Anything that needs cleaning & will survive really.

We put the washing up sponge through

I hadn't thought of the jigsaw mats (I'd envisioned me sat in the shower scrubbing at them, but that's a much better idea

Bath toys
Washing up brush
Bin lids
I don't do an empty wash afterwards.

I put my cloths in every day on the very top rack. - they're fine up there. Really good way of stopping them getting smelly etc.

also put in bin lids, compost caddy, fridge shelves and drawers, oven shelves and base,

I would draw the line at toilet brushes though - that does sound grim. (disclaimer even though I don't actually own one)

I put a seagull's skull in once.

Anifrangipani - stove rings! That's the word I was looking for and couldn't for the life of me remember it... I ended up writing "metal hob racks". Twat.

metal hob rack wondered what the freak you were on about !

Yes all of the above, toys, stove rings, racks, dustpan/brush, shower mat a few times, toilet brushes always go in before we leave a rental property.

Its just a machine for washing things in after all. Like your clothes washing machine.

Never cooked anything in it but I bet it woudl do a really nice steamed fish in a grip lock plastic bag. Potatoes would be good but other veg might only need a quick hot rinse.

I thought the weirdest thing is to use the diswasher to make homemade flavored vodka, but washing seagull skulls is weirder still

It went in with a load of other 'beach treasure'. I was frightened of the children getting avian flu from the invisible rotten seagull scalp residue.

Wow. I never knew. The seagull skull is definately the winner. I don't think I would put in the loo brush but am tempted to put in loads of things from the bathroom now like the toothbrush pots and the soap dish.

I do put the sponge and washing up brush in a couple of times a week with the normal load.

As for bath anti slip mats and the like I tend to bung them in the washing machine.

Thanks for all your comments.

I put the washing powder draw from the washing machine in from time to time, gets rid of the mouldy stuff that accumulates underneath.

I do too... plastic toys, feeding chair, DD's rubber boots and Holey's.

Dishracks-metal and plastic---Lego

I use the heated dry setting for raising some yeast doughs. Very intrigued by the possibility of homemade dishwasher vodka..

My dh has recently asked if he could put some engine bits in for the car he's restoring! He got told to use the sink

MrsSnaplegs, tell your OH, as long as the bits aren't aluminium the dishwasher would be fine. To clean up the ally bits, boil them up with some rhubarb, works a treat!

My machine handbook says no dishcloths due to fire risk - never plucked up the nerve to try it.

Wasn't there an episode of Kim & Aggie where the woman washed stirrups? With the regular wash? Nice load of horse manure over everything.