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		roryisok on March 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are your best domestic time saving ti... My biggest gripe with the dishwasher is that things come out of it wet and need drying by hand. Modern dishwashers don't have a drying element anymore. However, just today I read here on HN that plastic items don't dry as well as metal, glass, ceramic. Knowing this will hopefully make a big difference from now on as I can either take these things out immediately after they finish to dry on the counter

mrfusion on March 3, 2018 [–]

Hmm try increasing your water temp and or running the hot water for a couple minutes before starting a load.

The residual heat helps dry the dishes.

There’s also a post detergent thing you can buy that helps evaporation by breaking the surface tension.

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