Experts say you should never put this common kitchen item in your dishwasher — here’s why

Woman loading a dishwasher in the kitchen.

I wouldn’t be without one of the best dishwashers to help me with my chores. And once a cycle has finished, I enjoy opening it up to see a squeaky clean load full of dishes. However, I’ve learnt from my mistakes and now know that I can’t put everything in my dishwasher to clean.

Although a dishwasher can clean a long list of items, including standard kitchenware like cutlery, crockery and glassware, and as well as items you never knew you could wash in a dishwasher, like hair brushes and vacuum cleaner attachments, there is one type of kitchen item that should never set foot inside a dishwasher.