Everything about the process of putting salt in a dishwasher is suboptimal. Does it need it? Apparently. How much? No idea, I just have to keep pouring it into a shit funnel until I’ve added too much and it goes everywhere. (NB if I was a stand-up comedian I would not begin my routine like this) - ThreadSky

rhodri.biz • 45 days ago

Everything about the process of putting salt in a dishwasher is suboptimal. Does it need it? Apparently. How much? No idea, I just have to keep pouring it into a shit funnel until I’ve added too much and it goes everywhere. (NB if I was a stand-up comedian I would not begin my routine like this)

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beverleylreid.bsky.social•45 days ago

And a different amount is needed. Every. Time.

robgreen.bsky.social•45 days ago

It's up there with replacing the toner on an old colour copier. Or, Ripley scuttling the Nostromo.

productionsound.bsky.social•45 days ago

Big Salt^^

simonpartridge.com•45 days ago

And, just like that, a new motivational poster/mug/tea towel was born...

tynegal.bsky.social•45 days ago

Check hardness of your water; may not need it.

leesarenae.bsky.social•45 days ago

What? I've never heard of putting salt in the dishwasher. I'm American.

lizknownasdoris.bsky.social•45 days ago

It’s a white goods conspiracy.

I think there’s a song title in there somewhere.

excelpope.net•45 days ago

"I've bin havin a lot of problems with me dishwasher. It always wants salt in, and I've already emptied the 3 nearest grit bins. Still, for me it's a nice change from goin' through bins for food. C'mon, give us a cheer if you're ferretin' in bins to get the basic essentials."

alpinemigrant.bsky.social•45 days ago

Bobby Chariot! I claim my £5.

carolbn10.bsky.social•45 days ago

Asda sell dishwasher salt in a round cardboard container that fills our dishwasher with no surplus - result!

j-bagpuss.bsky.social•45 days ago

And let’s not get started on “rinse aid”. Is that a con? Do you need it? Nothing much happens if you ignore that light for a bit?

twofatfeet.bsky.social•45 days ago

I use the big funnel for filling the bird feeder, because my narrow funnel was no good for that what with the seeds being so big. Instead I use the narrow funnel for the salt, because the granules should go down that no problem, right?

Do they bollocks

dragonknits.bsky.social•45 days ago

Have you tried citric acid?

I live in a hard water area (granted, in California) and I can't be arsed with rinse aids and things. I pour a tablespoon of citric acid in the body of the dishwasher before I turn it on, regular tablet in the dispenser, and my dishes come out sparkling.

coleslaw-ddc.bsky.social•45 days ago

What? Salt? Did I miss a bulletin?
What the, hey!

mattucker.bsky.social•45 days ago

Hell if you're left handed

saturngirl.bsky.social•45 days ago

I am. You need to put salt in via a measuring jug.

mattucker.bsky.social•45 days ago

I do. Never look forward to it

kbfoodphotos.bsky.social•45 days ago

Fuck I should probably look into doing this.

nhbfromnr3.bsky.social•45 days ago

*smiles smugly in Scots* Dishwasher salt, aye? Naw.

sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social•45 days ago

I've been spending a lot of time recently wondering about this. Does anyone know how much salt to put in a dishwasher?

thebellow.bsky.social•45 days ago

Don't get me started on rinse aid!

maryepworth.bsky.social•45 days ago

*nods*

saturngirl.bsky.social•45 days ago

You need one and a half 1l measuring jugs of salt. Get the expensive Finish one bc it’s less messy. Easy.

rhodri.biz•45 days ago

IT IS NOT EASY THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING sorry, don’t know why I’m shouting

saturngirl.bsky.social•45 days ago

Oh gosh. I must just be gifted at it.

sharona.bsky.social•45 days ago

My dishwasher begs for salt even though I have a water softener, I think it’s a Big Salt scam

j-bagpuss.bsky.social•45 days ago

You should have a way to tell the dishwasher how hard your water is. Once I told mine it was soft it stopped demanding salt.

sharona.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’ve just told it, it said “don’t care”

j-bagpuss.bsky.social•45 days ago

The machines are taking over! 🤣

jenniferkaal.bsky.social•45 days ago

I actually liked putting salt in the dishwasher... Gave me a feeling of control over The Machine!

dreavalson.bsky.social•45 days ago

Salt. In the dishwasher? I’ve never heard of this. Is this a southern thing?

prau.bsky.social•45 days ago

Thank you! I thought I was losing my mind!

elainehutton.bsky.social•45 days ago

Me too. Must be due to the funny water they’ve got down there?

rhodri.biz•45 days ago

I’m not sure that Beko and Bosch and Zanussi make dishwashers specifically for Scotland, so it’s that bit in the manual that says “don’t operate your dishwasher without putting salt in it” and then nags you with a persistent red light

elainehutton.bsky.social•44 days ago

What is this ‘manual’ of which you talk?

prau.bsky.social•44 days ago

I think it’s that pamphletwhere they hide the warranty information and the End User Licensing Agreement… sitting next to the receipt… in a landfill somewhere .

bobbobbobbins.bsky.social•45 days ago

Lidl do dishwasher salt in a cardboard box with a pop out pour funnel. It negates the need for the shit funnel! But not all the kneeling and leaning, and why do we only find out when the dishwasher is already full?

fascinatorfun.bsky.social•45 days ago

Exactly so!

asjmorris.bsky.social•45 days ago

Plus the warning that the salt should never, ever enter the main bit of the dishwasher. Which is pretty much impossible while you're trying to push wet salt through a blocked funnel with your little finger..

thatwillb.bsky.social•45 days ago

Wait I missed that bit. Doesn't seem to have broken it or poisoned us yet

asjmorris.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’m sure I read somewhere that it could cause damage, but I could be wrong. Once again - no hard and fast rules. There certainly wasn’t any real guidance in the instructions - it was YouTube all the way.

amhoward.bsky.social•45 days ago

Surely the worst thing that could happen there is too much of the totally unspecified amount of salt could get in the wash.

asjmorris.bsky.social•45 days ago

“Add the salt to the reservoir. Occasionally take a sample of the solution from the reservoir and test current proportion of salt to water by using a simple Bunsen Burner and evaporating basin set up, then weighing the resultant crystals…”

serafina-tiklya.bsky.social•45 days ago

And if you are applying to med school and were in my organic chemistry class, be sure to use twice the amount of reagents called for to insure you have enough product to impress the TA!

z52racing.bsky.social•45 days ago

It makes the food taste better..

angusmain.bsky.social•45 days ago

Salting the dishwasher always feels more like a superstition than a valid maintenance procedure for a modern appliance. Like hanging a posey of herbs from the top draw to ward off evil spirits.

leithmotive.bsky.social•45 days ago

They add it to the dishwasher tabs these days so you don't have to...

twofatfeet.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’d rather keep buying it and adding it than have that message light up for the rest of my life. See also : rinse aid

robcorp.bsky.social•45 days ago

I asked an engineer about the salt in the tablets - he said they’re only good for the softest water areas. Everyone else should add salt. I found a 10kg bag from Screwfix for a tenner which is way cheaper than supermarket packs.

twofatfeet.bsky.social•45 days ago

You’ll never catch me squeezing into the machine trying to pour a 10kg bag into that funnel

robcorp.bsky.social•45 days ago

Yeah obviously I don’t shove 10kg in all in one go!

rhodri.biz•45 days ago

Yes, but the manuals tell you that this is just bullshit perpetrated by Big Tablet and to pay attention to the big red flashing light and on no account ignore it, but hey, they might be in the pockets of Big Salt

jonfrewin.bsky.social•45 days ago

I started ignoring the salt and rinse aid lights a few years ago, and have seen no ill effects so far. We don’t seem to get any white streaks on glassware or anything like that, and that was the main thing I’d been expecting.

angrydigit.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’ve had dishwashers for 25 years. Stopped salt, rinse aid, powder nonsense about 24 years ago. On my 4th one now, all been second hand since the first. Use the all-in-one tabs.

amhoward.bsky.social•45 days ago

I will die and leave at lest four of those shit funnels. Unused, with no real idea why I have them. My last dishwashers came with a spare round spray type thing. Again, I can’t throw it away.

margodee19.bsky.social•45 days ago

Our dog recently ate the spare round spray type thing, and I spent some time wondering if it mattered. It hasn’t so far.

amhoward.bsky.social•45 days ago

Have you thrown it away or have you kept it “just in case”?

margodee19.bsky.social•45 days ago

I kept it for a few days, but then threw it away. Waited to see if the dishwasher would immediately burst into flames, but so far so good.

jonnywils.bsky.social•45 days ago

You forgot to mention that the salt-hole is in the most inaccessible part of the dishwasher, necessitating an uncomfortable degree of kneeling and leaning. Plus - the Rinse-Aid bit is equally as baffling.

broomwagon.bsky.social•45 days ago

Some people have said that the rinse aid and salt is unnecessary if you use dishwasher tablets. I am not so sure about that though. It’s a bloody minefield. Also, when I was on twitter I was told that dishwasher salt is ok to have on food. But you can’t use food salt in your dishwasher apparently

jonnywils.bsky.social•45 days ago

Where does the dishwasher salt actually go? You pour it into a flooded portal so doesn't it just dissolve? It's the base of the machine as well so what shape is the receptacle that it ends up in?
I'm starting to believe in the Big-Salt theory.

broomwagon.bsky.social•45 days ago

You’re right. This goes all the way to the top. I am not sure what of, but it goes there

citizenhelene.bsky.social•45 days ago

Oh my god, rinse aid. Like pouring liquid into an advent calendar door

lumberjacklamar.bsky.social•45 days ago

This is the perfect description

lumberjacklamar.bsky.social•45 days ago

The light comes on. Sometimes it takes half a bottle to refill it, sometimes 3 capfuls. Where is it going?

rhodri.biz•45 days ago

I didn’t have enough characters to go into all that, maybe I should have made a 30 minute video and put it on YouTube

charsmiffy.bsky.social•45 days ago

Could you do it David Lynch style in b&w including a meandering story about buying soft drinks in Yugoslavia

aladdinnoons.bsky.social•45 days ago

Run your dishes through it a few times without. You’ll see. It needs it

lonestarplate.bsky.social•45 days ago

Also, it's impossible to find the special dishwasher salt in stores.

john-self.bsky.social•45 days ago

I have never ever used salt. What is it for? Is this a hard water (ie London) thing maybe?

jaydoubleyou1969.bsky.social•45 days ago

I live in Devon which is a soft water area and use the 3 in 1 tabs but the bloody thing still nags me to put salt in 🙄

dhanendran.co.uk•45 days ago

Yep

rhodri.biz•45 days ago

As an illustration of how hard the water is here in Essex, a broken heating element calcified to fuck that was removed this week from our washing machine

laurawright.bsky.social•45 days ago

It’s ridiculous out here isn’t it? I offer guests a “slice of tea” because it’s so hard.

harryflowers.bsky.social•45 days ago

You should complain to someone

msellasimone.bsky.social•45 days ago

I lived in high Barnet for 10 years, and thought the water was the hardest water on earth… then I moved to Essex. Fucking hell. I’m sure someday soon I’ll turn the tap on and sticks of chalk will fly out of it.

dasmunch.bsky.social•45 days ago

I grew up in North Kent. I remember the inside of the kettle being coated white with scale, and frequently finding bits in the bottom of teacups

msellasimone.bsky.social•45 days ago

Yep. In Barnet I had to descale the kettle every 2 weeks or I’d get crunchy bits in my tea, like bits of eggshell. Grotty.

I’ve bought one of those Water2 things here, but I haven’t installed it yet.

leithmotive.bsky.social•45 days ago

Bloody hell. We're in north Essex and it's grotty water throughout, I moved here from Scotland where the water flows fresh from the sky over impermeable granite mountains and into your taps without so much as a hint of mineral.

drmarkburnley.bsky.social•45 days ago

I had one kettle last 10 years in Aberystwyth for the same reason. Moved to Kent, chalky North Downs water, died in 18 months.

john-self.bsky.social•45 days ago

Bloody hell. Just checked and we’re in a soft area. Which means I have been Wise rather than Negligent.

davidmuttering.bsky.social•45 days ago

*lucky

uncivil-s.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’ve never put salt in, including when living in Kent and London.

amhoward.bsky.social•45 days ago

The dishwasher indicator light says otherwise.

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