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That's an expensive and not particularly efficient storage cupboard you've got there
Do you put your cat and/or dog bowls in the dishwasher?
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That's an expensive and not particularly efficient storage cupboard you've got there
Steel Icarus
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My dogs regularly get plates to lick before they get washed up. Don't see the problem. I have no dishwasher but I don't just run the plates under the tap.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
The last thing you saw the cat before it licked the plate, was that leg in the air thing.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Pet food & water bowls, plus the bird feeders are regularly washed. The dishwasher does the best, cleanest & sterilising job out of the various possible options.
However, they usually go in as a load on their own, as we have a small, bench-top machine. That's all we have space for in the kitchen.
However, they usually go in as a load on their own, as we have a small, bench-top machine. That's all we have space for in the kitchen.
Now that is what I call a disciplined cat
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Yes the cat bowls do go in the dishwasher. The food we give him doesn't smell remotely bad so it doesn't bother me at all.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Does your choice of username have any bearing on this discussion catsbum ?
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Expensive yes, but we never use it for its intended purpose so otherwise it’d just literally be a complete waste of spaceThat's an expensive and not particularly efficient storage cupboard you've got there
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oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
This, only male partner not wife.
My OH has only just stopped putting the cats' bowls in a plastic tank full of water, outside!
We just wash them in the sink, separately from other things. Even though there's only two of us, there's rarely room in the dishwasher for cat bowls anyway.
Steel Icarus
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Steel Icarus
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Might be a thing, but my dogs have dry food so I guess that makes a difference. Oh, and gravy bones for a treat, which have a jar and smell so nice I've been tempted once or twice
hegley
never odd or even
Rather pet bowls than wellies or hubcaps:
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40 Surprising Things You Can Clean in Your Dishwasher
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Rather pet bowls than wellies or hubcaps:
40 Surprising Things You Can Clean in Your Dishwasher
A dishwasher can clean much more than dirty dishes, pots, and pans. Discover 40 surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher.
I "think" DownwardDog has been somewhat "creative" in what's deemed dishwasher suitable and car parts
King Biscuit Time
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To me, I'm scared of the bacteria that grow on room temperature gravy that's been licked by a cat that also licks it's arse.
I want those bugs to touch as little as possible. So wanging them in a hot cupboard full of soapy water even with other stuff is fine with me.
As soon as you start adding water (leaving things to soak - ugh,) and leaving stuff on sides, draining boards etc you're adding a nice growth medium for the bugs that can easily be splashed around, including into porus surfaces like wooden worktops and dishcloths. No thanks.
I want those bugs to touch as little as possible. So wanging them in a hot cupboard full of soapy water even with other stuff is fine with me.
As soon as you start adding water (leaving things to soak - ugh,) and leaving stuff on sides, draining boards etc you're adding a nice growth medium for the bugs that can easily be splashed around, including into porus surfaces like wooden worktops and dishcloths. No thanks.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
In a related animal/appliance interaction recently, one of the cats pissed in the toaster.
This only became apparent to me when I was making breakfast and started to notice the most revolting smell. Cat piss smells vile anyway but I cannot begin to describe the stench of burning cat piss, it will haunt me forever. It just kept getting stronger and I could not fathom where it was coming from until I heard this sizzling, popping kind of sound from the toaster. Gutted! I had to strip the toaster down to every last component, it took ages. I put every piece through the dishwasher except the elements and electronics, which I soaked in isopropanol. Then carefully dried everything out and reassembled.
As you can see, the dishwasher fucked the finish on the cast aluminium end parts but I think it looks nice like that. Also was pretty tense switching it on the the first time because if the isopropanol hadn't completely dried then the whole lot would have just burst into flames. Luckily it didn't and the toaster works good as new. My partner thinks I'm insane for not just buying a new toaster and the cats are no longer allowed in the kitchen unattended.
In summary:
Dogs - Useful kitchen helpers
Cats - Devious pissing breakfast saboteurs
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
The "Drum Clean" cycle on the washing machine is useful too because it runs at 90 deg. C. My F348 air vents came out like new.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
I dropped an unlidded bottle of Benylin into my 4 slice matte silver Breville toaster and, though it broke my heart, just chucked it.
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