Thread: Reversible dishwasher sticker (clean/dirty)

On Jan 27, 2:26*pm, Heather Mills <hsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> magnetized rubber material.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find one?
>
> I did find a craft project, but I'm not that crafty:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftygoat/2423583659/
>
> I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
> can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
> http://www.duramag.com/flexible.html
>
> They referred me to McMaster.com, which sells a 12" x 24" sheet that
> can be printed on both sides for $7.52:
>
> http://www.mcmaster.com/#flexible-magnets/=arzkgq
>
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)

Can't you just open the washer and see if the dishes are clean or not?

On Jan 27, 2:26*pm, Heather Mills <hsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> magnetized rubber material.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find one?
>
> I did find a craft project, but I'm not that crafty:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftygoat/2423583659/
>
> I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
> can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
> http://www.duramag.com/flexible.html
>
> They referred me to McMaster.com, which sells a 12" x 24" sheet that
> can be printed on both sides for $7.52:
>
> http://www.mcmaster.com/#flexible-magnets/=arzkgq
>
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)

The only reversible one that a quick Google Products search found was
from magnets.com, and since they do marketing magnets, minimum order
was 500 :-)

This one's rubber, but is a rotate style, not a flip style.
http://www.kitchenworksinc.com/itemD...N/DIRTY-MAGNET

Looks like craft time at casa de Mills.

On Jan 27, 2:26*pm, Heather Mills <hsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)

Do you have a large family?
Can they not see whether the dishes are clean or dirty by looking in
the dishwasher?.......well, maybe if you are one of those people who
washes the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher maybe
not......

I just empty the dishwasher really soon after I run it so the only
thing in it till run time are dirty dishes. It's just easier that
way.

If you don't empty the dishwasher right away you will always have that
problem.

Heather Mills wrote:
> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> magnetized rubber material.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find one?

Take one of those flexible magnetic ads that come in the mail/phonebook. Stick
some label material on each time and use a marker to label it.

responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...ty-617719-.htm
DA wrote:
Chemo the Clown wrote:


> Can\'t you just open the washer and see if the dishes are clean or not?

True. Definitely true for dishes but may not be so apparent for cups or
wine glasses. My dishwasher has a little container for detergent which has
a cover that opens to let it out. It can open but never close by itself. I
load detergent the first thing before anything else, so if I open the
washer and the cover is closed, it means it\'s still dirty. Indeed, you
still need to open it but you don\'t have to scrutinize the actual load
for cleanliness.

If I had a reversible sticker, I\'m guaranteed to forget to flip it when
needed. The detergent cover is a better indicator for me. Granted, I only
have to look at it a couple of times a year, mostly when someone else
loaded it for me, which is rare.

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()::) OWL
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:26:59 -0800, Heather Mills wrote:

> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it.

It's probably still on the dish washer... in the old place.

I remember looking around my last, empty house right at the end of the
move. Taking one last look at the empty house and thinking, "Well, I
guess that's everything".

Except all the pictures were still hanging on the walls. Duh!

My way of tell if the DW is clean or not is to empty it out as soon as
the level is disengaged. Then there's no wondering. Of course you
still have the option of leaving the lever engaged if you don't want
to do it right then and there.

-sw

ImStillMags <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jan 27, 2:26 pm, Heather Mills <hsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
>> make my own! ;-)
>
> Do you have a large family?
> Can they not see whether the dishes are clean or dirty by looking in
> the dishwasher?.......well, maybe if you are one of those people who
> washes the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher maybe
> not......
>
> I just empty the dishwasher really soon after I run it so the only
> thing in it till run time are dirty dishes. It's just easier that
> way.
>
> If you don't empty the dishwasher right away you will always have that
> problem.


There is always a tiny bit of water pooled in some upside down items in the
top shelf like coffee cups. And then there's the fact that the dirty dishes
are... gasp... dirty! (I'm not a fastidious rinser.)

MartyB

In article <[email protected]>,
Heather Mills <[email protected]> wrote:

> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> magnetized rubber material.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find one?
>
>
>
> I did find a craft project, but I'm not that crafty:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftygoat/2423583659/
>
>
> I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
> can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
> http://www.duramag.com/flexible.html
>
>
> They referred me to McMaster.com, which sells a 12" x 24" sheet that
> can be printed on both sides for $7.52:
>
> http://www.mcmaster.com/#flexible-magnets/=arzkgq
>
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)

Allow me to save you a coupla bucks: If the door to the dishwasher is
latched/locked, it means the contents of the dishwasher are either in
the process of being washed or they are clean. If the door is merely
closed but not latched or locked, it means the contents are not clean.
Simple enough.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

On Jan 27, 3:21*pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> In article <k2e3k6l7shahp5k4efk4ou4ppaa8n7j...@4ax.com>,
> *Heather Mills <hsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> > of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> > I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> > flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> > the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> > clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> > It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> > searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> > magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> > and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> > I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> > magnetized rubber material.
>
> > Does anyone know where I can find one?
>
> > I did find a craft project, but I'm not that crafty:
>
> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftygoat/2423583659/
>
> > I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
> > can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
> >http://www.duramag.com/flexible.html
>
> > They referred me to McMaster.com, which sells a 12" x 24" sheet that
> > can be printed on both sides for $7.52:
>
> >http://www.mcmaster.com/#flexible-magnets/=arzkgq
>
> > If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> > make my own! ;-)
>
> Allow me to save you a coupla bucks: If the door to the dishwasher is
> latched/locked, it means the contents of the dishwasher are either in
> the process of being washed or they are clean. *If the door is merely
> closed but not latched or locked, it means the contents are not clean. *
> Simple enough.

For some people.....

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:04:02 -0600, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:26:59 -0800, Heather Mills wrote:
>
>> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
>> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
>> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
>> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
>> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
>> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>>
>> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it.
>
>It's probably still on the dish washer... in the old place.

You're probably right, but what's the statute or limitations of
property contents? ;-)

In article <[email protected]>, Melba's Jammin' <[email protected]> wrote:

>Allow me to save you a coupla bucks: If the door to the dishwasher is
>latched/locked, it means the contents of the dishwasher are either in
>the process of being washed or they are clean. If the door is merely
>closed but not latched or locked, it means the contents are not clean.

Not for those of us who open the door after the washing/rinsing is complete
to air-dry the load.

I've never run a hot dry cycle - seems a preposterous waste of energy. I
also need to invert glasses with concave bottoms and things like lipped pot
lids that collect water and thus can't fully dry without assistance, which of
course requires the door to be opened.

Art

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:21:57 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> Allow me to save you a coupla bucks: If the door to the dishwasher is
> latched/locked, it means the contents of the dishwasher are either in
> the process of being washed or they are clean. If the door is merely
> closed but not latched or locked, it means the contents are not clean.
> Simple enough.

Finally, somebody with some brains and sense of logic speaks up! Too
bad I already beat you to it :-P

But it did occur to me that some newer dishwashers may have a
automatic latch mechanism - similar to my gas oven's self-cleaning
latch. It's all handled transparently to me.

-sw

Heather Mills wrote the following:
> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> magnetized rubber material.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find one?
>
>
>
> I did find a craft project, but I'm not that crafty:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftygoat/2423583659/
>
>
> I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
> can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
> http://www.duramag.com/flexible.html
>
>
> They referred me to McMaster.com, which sells a 12" x 24" sheet that
> can be printed on both sides for $7.52:
>
> http://www.mcmaster.com/#flexible-magnets/=arzkgq
>
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)
>

I don't know about the magnets, but I usually find that the inside of
the door is dirty when the dishes are dirty, and clean when the dishes
are clean.
When loading dirty dishes in the washer, drop some scrapings or coffee
spills on the door's inside.
When you open the door next time, if the door is still dirty, so are the
dishes, and vice versa.
Actually, I believe homes should have two dishwashers. One for dirty and
one for clean, which change places pretty regularly.
..

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

"ImStillMags" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Jan 27, 2:26 pm, Heather Mills <hsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)

Do you have a large family?
Can they not see whether the dishes are clean or dirty by looking in
the dishwasher?.......well, maybe if you are one of those people who
washes the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher maybe
not......

I just empty the dishwasher really soon after I run it so the only
thing in it till run time are dirty dishes. It's just easier that
way.

If you don't empty the dishwasher right away you will always have that
problem.

---

That one really gets me. My parents actually do wash their dishes before
they put them in. I just take off the obvious chunks of food. My dishes
come out clean.

"ImStillMags" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Jan 27, 2:26 pm, Heather Mills <hsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)

>Do you have a large family?
>Can they not see whether the dishes are clean or dirty by looking in
>the dishwasher?.......well, maybe if you are one of those people who
>washes the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher maybe
>not......

>I just empty the dishwasher really soon after I run it so the only
>thing in it till run time are dirty dishes. It's just easier that
>way.

>If you don't empty the dishwasher right away you will always have that
>problem.

I like the clean/dirty idea magnet idea. With just me and my wife at home,
it is usually a day or two before we fill the washer up. Many times we will
turn it on at night before bedtime. Sometimes my daughter will drop by and
maybe the teenage grandson. They may put something in the washer. My wife
usually puts a roll of paper towels over the washer door when the dishes are
being washed and clean.

On 1/27/2011 7:00 PM, willshak wrote:
>
> I don't know about the magnets, but I usually find that the inside of
> the door is dirty when the dishes are dirty, and clean when the dishes
> are clean.

That's how I know, too.

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:26:59 -0800, Heather Mills <[email protected]> wrote:

>Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
>of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
>I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
>flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
>the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
>clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".


How many people are there in your house that you have to such a thing? It's a
simple thing even for teenagers, open the door and if they see dirty dishes,
then they can put their dirty dishes in to be washed. Even when the kids were
young, they put their dirty dishes on the counter and we loaded it. My wife
and I are the only two who put the loads through so once it's washed we unload,
empty dishwasher means ready to load.

Heather Mills <[email protected]> wrote:

>Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
>of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
>I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
>flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
>the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
>clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".

No arguments in my house. I could hide a million dollars in there &
nobody would find it. Clean dishes are in the cupboard. dirty
ones go in the sink. Dad moves them around sometimes.

I swear I'm the only one that has the secret handshake to open the DW
door.

Maybe that's the easy way.

Jim

On Jan 27, 5:26*pm, Heather Mills <hsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Many years ago, I used to have a little magnetic sticker in the shape
> of a flower. It was green on one side with the word "clean" and yellow
> I think) in the other with the word "dirty". It was made of that
> flexible magnetic-infused rubbery material. We kept in on the door of
> the dishwasher to tell everyone whether the the dishes inside were
> clean or dirty. It stopped a lot of "arguments".
>
> It must have gotten lost in a move, 'cause I can't find it. I've
> searched for something similar. I've found hundreds of clean/dirty
> magnets, but they are all the kind that you rotate. Both the "clean"
> and the "dirty" are on the same side. And they are metal, not rubber.
> I'd really prefer one that is reversible and made of that soft
> magnetized rubber material.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find one?
>
> I did find a craft project, but I'm not that crafty:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftygoat/2423583659/
>
> I found a place that sells sheets of flexible magnetic material that
> can be printed on with an inkjet printer, but there is $100 minimum:
>
> http://www.duramag.com/flexible.html
>
> They referred me to McMaster.com, which sells a 12" x 24" sheet that
> can be printed on both sides for $7.52:
>
> http://www.mcmaster.com/#flexible-magnets/=arzkgq
>
> If I can't find any ready-made, maybe I'll buy a couple of sheets and
> make my own! ;-)

Stick the words you need on some of those flat magnetic things on
which lawyers are wont to advertise. Frugal and keeps em out of
landfills.

( I don't get it - I KNOW when the dishes are done and unload
promptly.)