cutlery

bluebird34 | 21:02 Tue 04th Sep 2012 | How it Works

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I am fed up with my cutlery coming out of the dishwasher covered in rust spots. Anyone know why it does this and is there a solution please.

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ChuckFickens

Buy better quality stainless steel cutlery.

Or don't leave it in there for as long before and after you run it.

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bluebird34

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Well its Viners cutlery and at my age i am reluctant to replace it but maybe you're right. I certainly dont leave it too long. Really curious about the answer that was removed now must have been really rude!!!

gingejbee

Viners used to mean quality in the past- no longer, I'm afraid. No decent quality cutlery should "rust".

joko

could it be the salt reservoir? too much salt?

i get this and its annoying

Graham-W

Salt and stainless steel are bad news. The chloride ion attacks the steel to leave rust marks or white corrosion marks.
Either invest in some silver cutlery or find a dishwasher powder with a lower sodium chloride content.

boxtops

Surely you shouldn't put silver in the dishwasher?!

Graham-W

I was writing in jest about the silver cutlery but, it would be unaffected by the chloride ions.

heathfield

Eh? Salt is well-known for its corrosive effect on silver, on salt shakers and salt cellars, for example. As to stainless steel rusting, it's down to quality, as already stated. I remember a diving magazine article on stainless steel divers knives that were tested by being left lying in salt seawater. Out of about twenty knives, only around four, typically the more expensive, didn't show signs of rust after some hours.

Canary42

The removed answer was probably the Spammer who invades this site in the early hours of every morning - he/she gets banned then returns with a different name the next morning. A right pain.

boxtops

You certainly don't put silver in the dishwasher, nor any knives with bone handles.

woofgang

check that your salt reservoir lid is screwed on properly and there is no salt in the threads. My cutlery is tescos cheapo stuff and doesn't come out rusty.

Richard1966

Its a salt problem, too much by the sound of it. Also make sure yoru filter is clean and you have rinse aid in.

bluebird34

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Well thanks everyone. i shall check the salt lid and make sure the filters are clean. Incidentally I have some spoons from Next that feel much nicer than my viners spoons but were quite cheap and they dont rust either. Thank all for taking the time xx

MichaelZZ

Just a technical comment:
There are two types of stainless steel which are used for cutlery manufacture.
One grade, which is used for knives and is harder and capable of being sharpened is somewhat less corrosion resistant than the slightly softer grade which is typically used for spoons and forks.
If you check your stainless steel cutlery with a simple magnet you'll see that the knives attract the magnet whereas the spoons and forks don't.
If it is only your knives that are showing the rust spots then I suggest that you wash these in the old fashioned way and only put the spoons and forks in the dishwasher.
Incidentally, "stainless" steel doesn't mean it doesn't stain. It just stains less!