Fantastic. Did you remove before the drying cycle? Works well on baseball caps also.

yes

The inside recesses come cleaner when the faces point up. I got busted doing the same thing. For plastics the water pre-heat is best left off. Works great for fog lights but you need to remove reflectors first.

LOL!! This cracks me up. If you keep doing this, she will figure it out. They always do! Sooner or later. Then you will be in big trouble, lol. Just tell her and it will be so much better in the final result, and she may have some ideas to clean them better. If you come "clean" with her, she will love you for it, I promise!
Tom

Oh hell! That's nothing. I put Sandy's Enkei 92's in ours.

I was thinking about putting the fan from my 3.0 in the dish washer, but Julie got home too soon.

Lol. She figured me out a long time ago. And yes, after I glass bead blasted the intake and fan on my 3.2 they went to the kitchen parts cleaner.

Heck, I have bought every dishwasher we have ever owned....

So what can she say, except "I never liked that dishwasher"

The dishwasher, oven, and freezer have all been used for the "greater good."

Thats nothing. My mom has come home to my dad and I using the oven to pre heat parts for cleaning. And also my cooking paints/ coatings onto engine parts… Its always better to ask forgiveness

A beautiful sight!

It's a great solution for cleaning those types of parts.

Last week I was looking for a set of FAG bearings I'd ordered for the rear trailing arms. I couldn't figure out what I'd done with them, and was reminded by Angie that they were in the basement freezer. She doesn't even flinch anymore.

I had 200 old motherboards that I needed to clean for an office "art" project. After she came home and found this, I had to go buy another dishwasher.

I've used that cleaning technique on valve covers, oil pans, motorcycle wheels etc. Always makes the house smell like a proper professional mechanic's establishment.

ALWAYS remember to run the dw empty on a short cycle when finished. Check for trace evidence on the food screen/filter. "What's all this junk in the bottom of the dw?". "What junk?". Busted.

They were cleaned by hand before the dishwasher.

Best to avoid the engine bits. I've learned that doing valve covers is a multi-day doghouse offense.

This is what you guys are worried about??

C'mon men, aren't we the kings of the castle?

same with heat curing motorcycle heads in the oven after "hot" paint has been applied.
That was almost a new oven. I learned, do it first thing in the morning and "ventilate with outside air".

If you guys keep it up you will end up with only half the castle!

Dave

Been thinking about buying a used dishwasher to use in the garage. No wife issues if I put dirty parts in it.

I wonder what the wife could put in the dishwasher that would make us mad?

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I'm thinking the real question now is, "Exactly where did that picture come from?"

No pix but back in the day it was great for wire wheel covers on my Mustang. Probably work great on wire wheels too.

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I am very skilled at avoiding the wrath of SWMBO (aka She Who Must Be Obeyed) lol...... But have successfully used the dishwasher. Last week after baking my latest round of parts painted with high heat enamel (48 hours after dry to make sure little to no fumes when in oven) I had just gotten the parts out as she pulled in the driveway. Thinking fast, I dashed in the kitchen and hit the 'autoclean' mode. Definately covered up the odd smell in the kitchen. ;-) I'm sure I'd survive if caught, but I see no reason to test my theory. lol

Nice try. No one here is dumb enough to believe I have a kitchen

Nice mixing tools?

Who else ate the cake at the tranny clinic?

This thread has taken a wrong turn...

Are those special tools Porsche makes for 914 owners? No respect!