Your automatic dishwasher can make your household chores much easier. There are many things besides dishes that can be washed in the dishwasher, such as glass light globes. The ones that are on many bathroom or dining room light fixtures wash very nicely in the dishwasher. Just place them in the top rack along with your usual dishes and run the usual cycle. The globes come out sparkling clean - free of any dust or buildup.
The kitchen sink stopper/strainer, scrub brush or sponge will clean very nicely in your dishwasher. Just place them in the top rack and wash with the usual dishes. Use a clothespin on the sponge and attach it to one of the prongs of the rack to keep it from bouncing around. The items will come out clean and sanitized.
It's a great way to sterilize toothbrushes. I was having an epidemic of strep throat in my house and it was quite expensive to keep buying new toothbrushes so I was told to sterilize them. I tried boiling water on the stove, but it made the bristles fall off the head so I had the idea that the dishwasher is a great sterilizer and it works. I often will do that just to clean them even though we have since gotten rid of the strep throat.
I use vinyl baby bibs and I wash the vinyl high chair pads and bibs in the dishwasher, I also wash my dish strainer, microwave parts and toys in there.
when i had a dishwasher i found it invaluable to wash my sons(then a toddler) plastic toys such as trucks, cups,lego things, etc. that he took into the garden and put God knows where! just make sure there are no loose parts. if there are, just unscrew them and put them in the cutlery box so you dont lose them.
I spilled a soda into my compter keyboard once. My husband, an IT specialist, told me unplug it from my computer, and wash it in the dishwasher. Bealive it or not, this really works! My keyboard came out clean, and the keys don't stick, as the wash cycle got out all the sticky mess. Saved me a few bucks. One note, turn off the dry cycle, and let the keyboard dry out key down on a dry dishtowel. Once dry, plug back in!
I have used my dishwasher for my light covers (glass globes and others)...much simpler than doing it myself and I don't have to worry about dropping and breaking anything!
I don't have a dishwasher, but I do know someone who uses hers to clean all the little baskets she has around the house. She says that it does a wonderful job of getting all the dust that gets in the little crannies.
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