I cleaned some oilstones in SWMBO's old dishwasher.  She now has a new
dishwasher that really wasn't needed.

I stand by soaking stones in oven cleaner, then letting them on the driveway
in the hot sun and finally scrubbing with water as hot as you can stand it.
Has worked for me and is cheaper than replacing the dishwasher again.

DAHIKT.

T.Z.

On 12/9/11 5:55 PM, "Peter Evans"  wrote:

> "I've looked at the archives and it seemed to me that the prevailing
> wisdom was to put the stones in the dishwasher (when SWMBO is not home
> preferably) and give them a good bath."
> 
> I would never be game for this, and others report problems cleaning the
> dishwasher afterwards. With very dirty old stones what I know works (have
> used) is:
> 
> (1) boil the stones in an old saucepan (bit of towel on bottom) over a
> camping stove outside with dishwashing liquid + dishwasher powder (whatever
> concentration you feel is ok). Change the liquid a few times for really
> dirty stones. You know you have finished when boiling in plain water
> generates little junk
> 
> (2) the same as above but using an old urn that was thrown out, but still
> worked
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Peter Evans
> Sydney, Australia
> Skype peterrevans
> 
> 
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