If you are like me and have hard water,you probably are familiar with your dishes sometimes coming out of dishwasher with a milky/white stain on the glasses,etc. You can test to see if the stain is from hard water by soaking one of the glasses in vinegar for 5 minutes. If the stain is removed,you have hard water.

In desperation I found a product called Lemi Shine (available at Walmart). This product is a granular additive that cleaned all the milky/white stains from the glasses in just one cleaning. It is a very reasonably priced (under $4),natural product (Would you believe lemon oil;hence the name,Lemi Shine.)

Here are some reviews of the product I found on Epinions.

http://www.epinions.com/Lemi_Shine/display_~reviews

Here is the product home page:

http://www.lemishine.com/

Here are more uses for lemi Shine:

http://www.lemishine.com/otheruses.html

I hope this helps someone

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Cheers,Bob

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a
Lexington,Ky.
How to add a Signature

I will check this out Bob. I like my dishes and glasses to be sprakling.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

My dishes haven't sparkled like this for years

Apparently, you only need to do the initial cleaning procedure a couple times,then periodically add a small amount to your detergent. A side benefit is that the inside of your dishwasher gets cleaned too

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Cheers,Bob

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a
Lexington,Ky.
How to add a Signature

Thanks, Bob.
It's funny, I was thinking about this very subject in the last couple of days. Although I'm not too picky about the appearance of my dishes, I'm not fond of the soap residue that seems to get stuck along with the minerals. Sounds like I've got the answer.

Lizette, New Orleans, La.
USDA Zone 9

Anyone have a tip on how to get a Dish washer in a small kitchen? I fit, but I'd rather have a automatic. LOL!

birdlegs
zone 5
S.E. Lower MI.

Wish I could help you Sandy.

Bob I picked up a bottle of this today. I need to give my crystal a wash and this will be perfect to rise it with. Not in the dishwasher though. I do this washing and rinsing by hand.


Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

They make portable and countertop dishwashers:

http://www.watersavers.com/docs/watersaver_equa2.shtml

Maytag makes a portable,which you can later use as a built-in.

http://www.themaytag.com/majeiicopodi.html

Hi Dianne,

Please let us know how the Lemi Shine works with hand-washing.





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Cheers,Bob

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a
Lexington,Ky.
How to add a Signature

Thanks Bob, I think that counter top one might work somewhere. I will have to give up a cupboard, but after I buy one I won't have any money to buy food for it anyway. Just kidding. The price isn't bad.

birdlegs
zone 5
S.E. Lower MI.

Sure will Bob. Going to have all 6 grandchildren the first of next week and them I am heading out to Orange Beach, Alabama if something does not happen so it will probably be a week or so.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

I am going to have to look for this stuff the next time I go to WM. I have a thing for glassware that sparkles.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Yes, me too,. Penny..

i wonder if they have it at our local walmarts..?? we'll see.

alice

I will be heading to Wally World this am so will look for it.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Darn...I just got back from Walmart! Wish I'd seen this first! Gotta get some! Walmart used to have some stuff called De-solvit that I used to use all the time when I made candles. It's great stuff and now I can't find it anywhere. Drives me nuts to find a great product and then it disappears!

glad to find this forum!

glo
Zone 7 Ft. Meade, MD for another year!

I found the LemiShine yesternday right next to the automatic dishwaher detergent and Jet Dri. It is a good size bottle so it should last qhite a while.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Eager to hear your experience with Lemi. Gave my daughter my bottle,so I need to visit Wally Mart again...

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Cheers,Bob

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a
Lexington,Ky.
How to add a Signature

Alice
I found it at the Niagara Falls WalMart. Haven't checked the Amherst store but I will the next time I go there.


Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

thank you, Penny !!!


alice

GOT SOME;... TRIED IT.;. IT WORKS;..THANK YOU!!

(HOW IS THAT FOR CONCISE?)

THANKS AGAIN
ALICE

Excellent!!

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Cheers,Bob

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a
Lexington,Ky.
How to add a Signature

OK I'm going to start looking for this stuff!!

Chris
Burlington County
NJ

Found this at Kroger.

It is another granular product,like Lemi Shine.

User reviews of the product:

http://tinyurl.com/9jdjqa

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Cheers,Bob

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a
Lexington,Ky.
It's Winter!

Wow! I'm going to get some on my next shopping expedition! I wash by hand,but my water is hard as a rock (from the limestone in the ground), and the stainless steel sink is coated with calcium salt as is the glassware.

You do come up with some gems,Bob. You must really browse the markets. I hurry through and get out as fast as I can.


Nancy
Chazy,NY zone 4

These products should really help. Fill the sink and let it soak overnight with the product in it.

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Cheers,Bob

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a
Lexington,Ky.
It's Winter!

Thanks,Bob. I will follow your directions.

Nancy
Chazy,NY zone 4

Our Walmart doesn't have it. Humph!

Nancy
Chazy,NY zone 4

Our WM had the Lemi Shine and Kroger's had the Glass Magic.

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Cheers,Bob
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8b
It's Winter!

Glass Magic is available online:

http://tinyurl.com/6wy28n

Lemi Shine store locator:

http://envirocontech.com/1-888-336-2582/Lemishine-Store-Locator.html

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Cheers,Bob
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8b
It's Winter!