The Glass Washing Thread

[KillerB]

It's been on the cards for months now, so it's about time we got it out in the open. I considered this going into Port Conversations because it is a legitmate thread but took the sensible line and shoved it in here.

How do you clean your Port glasses?

Well, not just Port but wine and my favourite beer glasses as well:

Step 1: Have a sink of hot, clean water and soak the glasses for a few minutes;

Step 2: Using a cellulose sponge, sprayed with Fairy Active Foam, I clean the glasses, inside and out;

Step 3: Dip and then rinse with hot, running water;

Step 4: Whilst still hot, dry with a microfibre glass cloth and rest upright, making sure to finish holding the stem.

Step 5: When cool, carry to glasses' cabinet by stems and put gently away.

I'm pretty certain that some of you have a more complex routine, so fess up.

[Conky]

I'm not sure, she does it in the mornings when I'm sleeping it off!

[jdaw1]

It’s not just me. When I lived in Fulham, various friends and brothers lived for months and months in my spare room. First house rule: you may not wash glasses. I will do, to my thorough satisfaction.

It’s easy.

1. Wash hands.
2. If there’s dried wine at the bottom of a glass allow it to soak for a few minutes.
3. Then clean with hot soapy water, and a brush or other like device. Concentrate the brush action on the rim, where sticky lips meet SiO2.
4. Rinse in hot water.
5. Rinse again, in the hottest water you can.
6. Repeat previous step several times.
7. Dry with clean, like really clean not washed with soap type clean, dishcloth.

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[Frederick Blais]

I don't have any ritual... I just wash them the same way I do with my other dishes. I just make sure to wash them first so I have a clean water.

I've never broken one washing it, it was never greasy nor smelling anything.

Normally I have more dirty glasses than clean ones So I just wash them before I use them.

[DRT]

I have a very complex method:

1. Open Dishwasher Door
2. Place glass in Dishwasher
3. Insert Dishwasher Tablet
4. Close Dishwasher Door
5. Press On Button
6. Wait
7. Open Dishwasher
8. Remove Glass and Place in Cupboard
9. Don't Feel Inferior About Not Being A Glass-Cleaning-Retentive

Derek

[jdaw1]

Do you really put glasses and greasy plates in the same dishwasher load? Gasp!

[DRT]

Do you really put glasses and greasy plates in the same dishwasher load? Gasp!

Yes. With no salt or rinse-aid.

For whatever reason, probably a combination of water quality and a good dishwasher, everything always comes out sparklingly clean every single time. I find that the acid test for this method is when drinking fizzy wine of lager. Dirty glasses are very bad for these ad easily detected. My glasses never cause a problem for these or any other drinks. Many of you used some of my glasses at the F-Plan Offline and this is how they were prepared for that event. Did they do anything horrid to the F66? No.

Derek

[jdaw1]

They ruined the Fonseca 1920.

[KillerB]

and the 1992

[DRT]

Does the phrase clutching at straws mean anything to you retentive pedants?

Derek

[RonnieRoots]

Dishwasher.

[DRT]

Dishwasher.

[Conky]

As this Thread is about grown men discussing fairy liquid and the most common Owl in the world,

I think you will have to update your Geek list, to include 'Discussing Glass washing techniques'

Alan

[DRT]

I think you will have to update your Geek list, to include 'Discussing Glass washing techniques'

Alan, without checking, I think it was already there. It's just that KillerB and Jdaw have taken a while to admit it to themselves in a way that would cause them to explain it to us

Derek

[KillerB]

Brown Owl is not just common, she's an absolute tart. How they could put her in charge of Brownies I don't know.

[Conky]

Brown Owl is not just common, she's an absolute tart. How they could put her in charge of Brownies I don't know.

As fruity as Brown Owl may be, its not the most Common (And its not the Common Owl either).
Do you know which is?

Alan

[DRT]

Barn, Brown or Tawny - I'm guessing the latter

[Conky]

Barn, Brown or Tawny - I'm guessing the latter

You have PM, and then start shaking your head at your lack of Ornithological knowledge!

[Andy Velebil]

I prefer cat urine. Its sterile and gets those hard to remove wine stains out. The only problem is it leaves a slight smell...oh well, just adds a little to those cheap rubies

[jdaw1]

I thought that the most common tart was jam. Well, learn something every day.

[Jay P]

I'm with Derek and Ronnie, they all go in the diswasher, including the odd Reidel, along with all the other wash. Now I'm running out of suitable spots in the diswasher after a dinner with guests and am thinking about purchasing a insertable rack just for wineglasses so I can fit more in there. Never broke one yet, although my daughter broke one emptying it out once.

Jay

[Luc]

I have a very complex method:

1. Open Dishwasher Door
2. Place glass in Dishwasher
3. Insert Dishwasher Tablet
4. Close Dishwasher Door
5. Press On Button
6. Wait
7. Open Dishwasher
8. Remove Glass and Place in Cupboard
9. Don't Feel Inferior About Not Being A Glass-Cleaning-Retentive

Derek

Derek , I agree .
Please pay close attention to steps 1 - 8 .
Do not !! I repeat do not !! reverse the order . . .

[Alex Bridgeman]

Dishwasher for me too. Except I do use salt and rinse aid having very hard water in this area.

Most of my glasses are Riedel Vinum. They need to be replaced because the go cloudy every 5-10 years, but I can cope with that in exchange for the convenience of just being able to throw them into the dishwasher.

Alex

[DRT]

the convenience of just being able to throw them into the dishwasher.

Never, ever throw glasses. You will break them.

Derek

[RonnieRoots]

That's what I noticed as well.

Most of my glasses don't reach that point where they go cloudy. I've broken them long before that time.

[KillerB]

I seldom break glasses which is why I object to them going cloudy. I have six crystal Champagne flutes that we had for our wedding, which are now cloudy but I can't throw them away. What to do?

[RonnieRoots]

I have the perfect solution for that: give them to me. I'll break them for you.

[DRT]

I seldom break glasses which is why I object to them going cloudy. I have six crystal Champagne flutes that we had for our wedding, which are now cloudy but I can't throw them away. What to do?

I'm sure Jay, Tom or Jdaw can offer up some suggestions on a few seriously dangerous chemicals that would solve the problem but make your hair and fingernails fall out

Derek

[DRT]

...or you could get divorced and then get married [to Treacle] again and someone will buy you some new ones

[Jay P]

I seldom break glasses which is why I object to them going cloudy. I have six crystal Champagne flutes that we had for our wedding, which are now cloudy but I can't throw them away. What to do?

I'm sure Jay, Tom or Jdaw can offer up some suggestions on a few seriously dangerous chemicals that would solve the problem but make your hair and fingernails fall out

Derek

A sodium hydroxide base wash would certainly do it, but of course is a little dangerous (will literally turn your skin into soap if you get it on you). Various acid washes should work as well. Hydrochloric acid soaks should work well.

But for something the average person without access to nasty laboratory chemicals could do, you can find things to use. I had very good luck with a powder that came with my Calphalon cookware. There's also something out there from "Barkeepers Friend" brand that I used before that worked well. For the life of me though I cannot remember the names.

The cloudy discoloration is from lime deposits that build up over time, and come from the water itself.

Jay