This VERY unusual dishwasher trick leaves your silver cutlery sparkling clean and free of scratches after every wash – and all you need is foil
- A mum has shared an unusual dishwasher trick that will leave cutlery sparkling
- Carolina Mccauley rolled foil into a ball before dropping it into the cutlery basket
- After washing her dishes as per usual, her silverware appeared shiny and new
A mum has shared an unusual dishwasher trick using tin foil that will leave dirty, scratched silver cutlery sparkling clean every time.
Carolina Mccauley, from Perth in Western Australia, shared a TikTok video showing herself rolling a sheet of foil into a ball before dropping it into the cutlery basket inside her dishwasher.
After washing her dishes and cutleries as per usual, the mum-of-two opened the dishwasher to find her shiny silverware.
‘This dishwasher hack will leave your silverware sparkling,’ she insisted.
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A mum has shared an unusual dishwasher trick using tin foil that will leave dirty silver cutlery sparkling clean every time. After washing her dishes and cutleries as per usual, the mum-of-two opened the dishwasher to find her shiny silverware
The cleaning method works so efficiently because of a chemical reaction between the aluminium foil and the dishwasher tablet, which breaks down all of the dirt.
The aluminum foil reacts with the dissolving dishwashing tablet.
According to Australia’s property maintenance company Fantastic Services, foil doesn’t have any cleaning properties but the aluminium works well on shining utensils and even oven racks.
Her video has since been viewed more than 23,000 times, with many saying they were blown away with the simple and easy trick.
Some were still confused with how the cleaning method works but one woman explained that boiling baking soda with foil helps clean tarnished silverware.
‘Why it could work… a lot of soaps contain baking soda and most dishwashers run at very high temperatures,’ she said.
Carolina Mccauley, from Perth in Western Australia, shared a TikTok video showing herself rolling a sheet of foil into a ball before dropping it into the cutlery basket inside her dishwasher
The trick comes just weeks after a mum revealed the secret to getting perfectly dry dishes from the dishwasher was to place a clean tea towel on the door.
Posting on her ‘The organised housewife’ account, she explained she does this after the cleaning cycle has been completed to help soak up the moisture.
‘Awesome tip to help remove moisture from your dishwasher,’ she said.