• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I once asked my nephew about this - he worked in a hotel back then. Yes, indeed, they clean toilet brushes in a dishwasher.

    But it is a separate one that is only for toilet brushes and brush holders, nothing else.

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      10 months ago

      I would completely agree with this and do it like this. Why? Saves time to say the least.

      But, using the same one as for dishes? No way. Separate one, marked and all that? Makes perfect sense 👍.

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        IF your dishwasher is working properly then you ought to be able to put your poop knife, dinner dishes AND toilet brushes in and everything comes out sanitary.

        Don’t ask why there is peanut butter left on the knife. You’ll be ok.

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          This isn’t true. A generic dishwasher for at home is not up for the task. Even the stuff they use in restaurants aren’t up for the task. And they already wash with boiling water. Despite this, there are always leftovers. I had the task of cleaning these things at a maccy Ds. Found pink mold that thrived in coffee grounds to survive the dishwaser perfectly. Like the pink goo from the teletubbies.

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            Yeah, you need a dishwasher with a proper sanitize cycle. Most residential dishwashers, even some with an alleged sanitize cycle, aren’t up to the task. This is why laboratories will pay top dollar for an industrial dishwasher that looks nearly identical to a residential version but it actually will sanitize its contents.

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          Yeah I was gonna mention that I don’t think the soap and steam really care if it’s poop germs or food germs. As long as your dishwasher is working properly, everything in there should be snapped out of existence.

          Seriously just make sure the peanut butter is rinsed off beforehand.

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      I had an old dishwasher I used as an improvised parts washer when fixing up cars.

      I used a ratchet strap to keep the door closed because the latch was busted, but it still heated the water and sprayed it just fine.

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        How did steel and aluminum parts react after coming into contact with hot water and soap? I can imagine a non-trivial amount of milling/resurfacing of any interface that is meant to take a gasket due to how metals react to caustic environments.

        Unless you disabled the dishwasher’s internal heating element and used degreasers instead of water… that makes a lot more sense.

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          I work in a production line that makes parts for diesel engines. We wash the parts in water and alkaline solution, then they hit a drier and get dried. Basically a giant dishwasher. The company is multi million dollar and world wide.

          Just a long winded way of saying your imagination is wrong

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          most dishwasher detergent formulations contain corrosion inhibitors for steel, some even contain corrosion inhibitors for aluminium though those are usually in the upper price segment.

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      I worked at a restaurant in the kitchen. We had a place on the wall to hang brushes. The GREEN brushes were to be used for food/prep areas only. The white brushes were for cleaning toilets, and other filthy places.

      The white brushes were soaked in buckets and rinsed/washed thoroughly in a slop sink, then later, put in the racks that push through the dishwasher conveyor belt that ran through the machine if I recall correctly. It’s been more than 20 years