Do you put anything unusual in your dishwasher?

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I ask because I've finally got one after 15 years without. Absolute heaven. Have now done everything obvious in the kitchen and wondering what else I could do.

Whacked in the washing up bowl and drainer etc alongside dustpan. All Addis plastic and they came up a treat. Could I try DS;s sand toys bucket and spades etc do you think. Any other ideas?

a glass vase would be fine

stick it in

have just put all the bath toys in the dishwasher, inspired by this thread. I was just thinking how mouldy they all looked yesterday!

Hope they don't melt....

The lids off sport-top bottles for DD to reuse for school (the bottle has to be washed in not-too-hot water. Have you ever tried really hot water in a PET bottle?)

I am going to try our compost crock thing... Its v disgusting. so will await the results!

Met a guy once (platonically) on a skiing trip who claimed he washed his socks in the chalet dishwasher.

That's nice.

A match stick The nice German Bosch rep found it

NDP - I also put our toothbrushes in weekly, which I've mentioned before on here and got posts of disgust????

Oven shelves also go in and so do the top not the burner but the cooker rail thingy that goes round the edge of the gas cooker that you sit the pans on (sorry can't discribe it better than that!)

I also put in fridge shelves and those drawer things that go in the door of the fridge for things like milk, eggs and butter.

So useful. Have done the bathroom, washing machine dawer toothbrush pots etc. Quite like the idea of toothbrushes but still haven't quite managed yet. Don't really know why not, but will do it Furball.

Vases definitely work, mine ar enow cleaner than they have been for years. Love the idea of all the fridge and cooker things. Think that may be next though I'm a bit ashamed of some of the cooker bits and suspect even my new DD (Darling Dishwasher) can't sort without me resorting to elbow grease first...

Grimma - Can you put in old platic waer bottles, evian and the like? DS has a favourite one at the mo and it's really little and doesn't get spilled as much as the others. Would love to give a really good wash in the dishwasher.

yes I stick water bottles in

Brilliant. Thanks Stealth.

Don't put in ski goggles if they have that double lens thing that stops them fogging up - the water gets in between the lenses and it was a nightmare to get out again. I thought it would be a good way of removing suncream residue. It was not.

Very funny! Will remember your wise words JD.

I know someone who puts her dildos in there!

I've put in DDs highchair (in bits obviously). It's one of those Antilop ones, comes up a treat.

crocs

NAO - I was about to say crocs but I shrunk mine when I put them in my old dishwaher so watch out.

Blimey you lot are adventurous. I was only brave enough to put DD's bottles through it yesterday and not sterilise them after!

YES THEY TIGHTEN A BIT BUT WOW! SRRY FOR CAPS FEEDING

Pegs.

be careful with glass vases. i put a beautiful one in, but becuase it was mad of quite thick glass, it couldnt cope with the high temperatures and came out all cracked.
i regularaly put the washing up brushes in, and the dishcloth has been known to go in. baby bottles of course. in fact, now i think the whold sterilising thing for bottles is yuck!

One of the mingers on How Clean Is Your House used to put her (unrinsed) stirrups in. With the dishes. [gag emoticon]

kitchen bin lid and cutlery drawer.
at mooncup tho.do you put it in by itself (not v.green!!) or with other things?

I saw that program too mable. It was yuk.
I put my dd's fake luminous halloween fangs in ....by mistake. I clearly wasn' using fairy thingys as per Ainsley Harriott because they came out orange! But in my defence the packaging did say wash thoroughly before use.

my dd;s swim goggles are in there waitin for the next load to g on! Her friend borrowed them yesterday and has mucky looking eyes...