Machine Dishwashing Of Glass In Private Households - Research Results On Glass Damage

Glasses of different origins and compositions were subjected to a continuous dishwashing test with up to 1000 cycles which compared the highly alkaline conventional detergent with different new formulation variants of low-alkaline compact detergent. While the conventional and carbonate-containing compact detergent did not cause visible corrosion, the detergent with a high disilicate content already caused serious damage after 50 washing cycles in the form of clouding and iridescence.