Cut glass vase

Bar Keepers Friend is one of the most abrasive cleaners on the market. Don’t use on anything you deem fragile, crystal, antique, or precious enough to keep. You’ll be sorry.

Good for cleaning kitchen sinks, bathrooms, etc. It’s very effective!

Dishwashers 'etch' the glass, so mildly scratch it, once that's done it's not reversible, if it's cloudy only, a good wash would have removed the cloudiness

mabon1

Doubt if they were cut crystal glass

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Doubt if they were cut crystal glass

Oh interesting - only in the last few weeks Dowsabella.

It's that or someone will send them to the charity shop/throw them in the skip one day!

I could handwash them - the champagne glasses don't fit in the dishwasher anyway 🥂

Callistemon21

"However, does anyone remember the cut glass/crystal? glasses that used to be given away with tokens when you bought petrol? As DH was travelling quite a lot then, we have quite a collection.
I thought recently - why keep them in a cabinet? Just use them!
They then go in the dishwasher and seem fine so far."

You say "recently".
A warning: About 5 years or so ago I started putting my "free-with-petrol" glasses in the dishwasher as it seemed a pity not to use them. Unfortunately, they've just started the clouding process. We don't use the dishwasher every day which might be why they've taken a while to start clouding, but I'm quite upset that I didn't give it a thought until too late!! I've been trying Bar Keepers Friend, vinegar, and a paste of the two. There might be a slight improvement, but I can't be sure!

I wouldn't put precious cut crystal in the dishwasher.

However, does anyone remember the cut glass/crystal? glasses that used to be given away with tokens when you bought petrol? As DH was travelling quite a lot then, we have quite a collection.
I thought recently - why keep them in a cabinet? Just use them!
They then go in the dishwasher and seem fine so far.

I've tried all sorts on crystal vases that have gone cloudy but nothing seemed to work. I did once ring the manufacturers and they advised Steradent tablets and hot water or else stuffing
them with damp newspaper neither of these worked either.

For the future, never ever put cut crystal in dishwasher - yikes.

What people don’t understand about glassware in the dishwasher coming out “cloudy” is if you’re using a granular powder soap - certain brands are very abrasive and actually etch the glass surface which cannot be restored. Ruined.

I found out quite by accident on wine glasses years ago and had to throw them out.

Solution - find a different brand that may be a liquid, or even a different dry powder (they have been improved!)

Superficial cloudiness can usually be treated as commented above but milkiness in old glass is less tractable.

Sterident tablets are great for cleaning glass vases

Strange. Opposite with me. I had a cut glass vase that had gone cloudy despite several good washes. I decided to risk the dishwasher. Just kept it away from other dishes. It came out gleaming.

I have used 'Cif' in the past to clean old glass vases - it works miraculously and doesn't scratch them. Might be worth a try if other options don't work.

Sorry, I don't know what the answer is.......but you should never, ever put crystal glass into a dishwasher, nor should you use any bleaching agent to remove stains on the inside.

Lakeland sell something for this and anything from there always works. The sell something for chandelier type kyght fittings too

25Avalon

In a safe place

😂😂😂

magic mushrooms? well, st least you won't notice the cloudiness!!

Thanks Avalon - found it.
Its kind of worked, maybe I should try again but leave it a bit longer. Much better than it was though, thought I'd ruined it.
Thanks for the tip Musicgirl

In a safe place

Ah! Thank you both, I have a bottle of Milton left over from when the gkids were babies. Can either of you remember where I put it?

White vinegar or sterilising tablets/liquid. I have a large bottle of baby bottle sterilising liquid that costs £1 from Savers and is invaluable for so many things. Many people use denture tablets and they are much the same thing.

You can use white vinegar for ordinary glasses that have gone cloudy in the dishwasher. I don’t know if it will work for cut glass which they tell you not to put in the dishwasher but may be worth a try.