Wife away on retreat - what shop items to clean in dishwasher

[Donald]

I am looking around finding a few funnels

Use to clean backfire flame arrestor from boat.

Oil drain pain might be going too far?

 

[JayhawkRoy]

None of the above. Find another way to clean the stuff.

 

[demarpaint]

I'd pass on all of the above.

 

[AandPDan]

Do it. Then buy her a nice new dishwasher!

 

[Klutch9]

I once cleaned my wheels and tires in the upstairs bathtub as a teenager parents weren’t home, and the wheels and tires sure looked nice afterward! Not sure on my reasoning but I think it was because I wanted to wash them in hot water instead of cold water from the hose.

 

[dadto2]

Whatever you do, don't powder coat anything in the oven while she's away. She'll find out.

 

[Danno]

Golf hat, top rack dishwasher works well.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

 

[cptbarkey]

how many interior xB plastic parts could be fit in a dishwasher?

 

[Jimmy_Russells]

Your plates and silverware go in there and you want to wash a bunch of oily parts?

 

[zzyzzx]

Oil drain pain might be going too far?

A pressure washer would work on that.

 

[zzyzzx]

If you have any leaky tires you can take them into the tub to find the leak(s).

 

[BHopkins]

@Donald, did you intend to post this in the comedy section? You really don't intend on washing shop tools and engine parts in the same dishwasher that, as @Jimmy_Russells points out, the plates and silverware that you eat off of, are washed in?

If yes, if I ever find myself in your neck of the woods and get to meet with a fellow BITOG member, I'll be sure to go out for a bite with you, rather than having a meal at your house.

Things like this, is why it is no surprise that the average life span of women is longer than that of men.

 

[Astro14]

I mean this sincerely - nothing in my shop would benefit from prolonged exposure to hot soapy water.

Maybe some of your plastic boat parts as you mentioned, but even then, I would degrease them and wash them outside, or perhaps in the kitchen sink, where you can control the exposure, the temperature, and be certain that they’re clean, and that they didn’t contaminate your wife’s dishwasher.

A stainless steel sink cleans up pretty well.

 

[twouvakind]

Atkovi would have had a few tips on cleaning and overhauls in the kitchen.

 

[Oliveoil2]

This can’t be a serious question. I’ve got two stacking tool boxes full of tools and all of them still have grease from 1979-1998 on them. I always wipe my tools down, but I’ve never washed them.

 

[wavinwayne]

You could wash a Glock in there

 

[V70tdi]

What ever you do dont wash parts from a diesel engine in it. The dishwasher will take ages to get clean after all the black soot ftom the parts

 

[AZjeff]

Not something I'd risk doing but I like the way you think.

I might be tempted to wash every hand tool that didn't have moving parts.

 

[levi]

I am looking around finding a few funnels

Use to clean backfire flame arrestor from boat.

Oil drain pain might be going too far?

How long you been married? Jus' askin'.