{"id":17010,"date":"2012-12-26T22:06:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T03:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=17010"},"modified":"2012-12-26T22:06:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T03:06:17","slug":"lemi-shine-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/26\/lemi-shine-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemi Shine Disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over time and likely due to the dishwasher many of the glasses in the kitchen have developed a residue on them. I’m not completely sure of the cause, and despite the streaking and fingerprint-ish look I can’t seem to wash it off. Thus, I thought it to be a mineral deposit likely caused by a combination of dish detergent and water chemistry. A bit of online research pointed me to a product called Lemi Shine<\/a> (very detailed chemical info on the product here<\/a>), so this morning I purchased a container and gave it a try.<\/p>\n

Following directions on the container I first ran the dishwasher empty with just a helping of Lemi Shine to remove hard water deposits from the washer, and I then ran a load with just glasses and the product. Per the promises on the container and reviews I’d read online I expected this to clean the residue from the glasses, but it didn’t. I then ran one more cycle with more Lemi Shine and dishwasher detergent, which is the prescribed use, and this too seemed to do nothing\u2020<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

I’m going to have to try some other options and see what works. I may try some CLR<\/a>, but being another acid-based cleaner I don’t have a ton of hope for it. There’s also BLC Beer Line Cleaner<\/a> which is a base and might do something.<\/p>\n

I guess I could just leave it be, but the glasses are starting to look unpleasantly grungy. The photo above shows the problem quite well, but it’s a little more exaggerated due to the glass sitting on a black background, being somewhat side lit, and a polarizing filter being used. It does a pretty good job of showing the unexpectedly streaked nature of the deposits, though. I hope I can figure out what will remove this.<\/p>\n

\u2020<\/sup> It did do one thing: remove paint from some glasses and mugs. I’d thought that all of my glasses and mugs had their logos glazed on, but after the Lemi Shine treatment I found that many of them were missing some or all of their logos. Whoops. This makes me feel really bad because I don’t like it when I unintentionally ruin things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over time and likely due to the dishwasher many of the glasses in the kitchen have developed a residue on them. I’m not completely sure…<\/p>\n

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