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spinbaby

(15,073 posts)
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:03 PM Sep 2019

"Not dishwasher safe"

Today I put the mandolin I’ve been hand washing for 20 years into the dishwasher. It was fine. If it hadn’t been fine, I would have bought another that was dishwasher safe. I was just so tired of carefully washing around all those blades. Getting old and lazy, I am.

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"Not dishwasher safe" (Original Post) spinbaby Sep 2019 OP
Dishwashers are hard on blades. Dr Hobbitstein Sep 2019 #1
Yes.. this is the issue. hlthe2b Sep 2019 #3
What makes dishwashers hard on cutting edges flamin lib Sep 2019 #4
Bumping, water pressure, debris flying around the inside of the dishwasher... Dr Hobbitstein Sep 2019 #10
Old and lazy? Or properly prioritizing? Rorey Sep 2019 #2
Can you still play bluegrass with it? Sneederbunk Sep 2019 #5
i put knives in the dishwasher all the time but I put them on their own demigoddess Sep 2019 #6
Mine plays beautifully everytime randr Sep 2019 #7
As a guy who used one professionally... flotsam Sep 2019 #8
I use Kevlar gloves spinbaby Sep 2019 #9
Well, congrats! I'm with you and Rorey. Hortensis Sep 2019 #11
 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
1. Dishwashers are hard on blades.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:06 PM
Sep 2019

Over time, it'll dull out.

Handwashing blades helps keep them sharp, and sharp is safer (and easier) than dull.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
4. What makes dishwashers hard on cutting edges
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:21 PM
Sep 2019

is letting them bump into things while being washed. Steak knives in the flatwear holder is a NO NO. But I see no issue with a mandoline or blender blade put in it's own slot and not in contact with other hard surfaces to bump into.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
10. Bumping, water pressure, debris flying around the inside of the dishwasher...
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 08:18 PM
Sep 2019

All helps to dull blades.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
2. Old and lazy? Or properly prioritizing?
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:08 PM
Sep 2019

Your time will be better spent doing something you like to do rather than a chore you dislike when you've got a perfectly good machine to do the disliked chore for you.

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
6. i put knives in the dishwasher all the time but I put them on their own
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:03 PM
Sep 2019

little shelf that would normally hold a line of glasses or cups.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
8. As a guy who used one professionally...
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:36 PM
Sep 2019

and has one shortened finger, I vote for the dishwasher or anything else that would lessen my exposure to that disfigurement device...

spinbaby

(15,073 posts)
9. I use Kevlar gloves
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:57 PM
Sep 2019

I think Alton Brown recommended them. I feel safer using the thing than hand washing it.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
11. Well, congrats! I'm with you and Rorey.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 08:22 PM
Sep 2019

One day long ago I just decided to be permanently lazy, although I remember it as the day I gave away the wine glasses that had to be hand washed, along with everything else I turned out of my drawers and cabinets. Only exceptions 3 cast iron skillets and a wok, plus special, seldom-used serving dishes that are stored in the basement.

Since then, the rule is everything else in my kitchen goes in the dishwasher, including knives, mandolin and processor blades laid where nothing strikes them.

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