2007-04-16

Kool-Aid in the dishwasher?

Lifehacker had an interesting link today. Apparently you can put lemon Kool-Aid in your dishwasher to clean out the mineral deposits. The red Kool-Aid is not recommended.

Who does this kind of stuff? Who sits around all day wondering what kind of weird things can we do with lemon Kool-Aid? How many small applicances have to be sacrificed in the experiments? Just curious...

I guess the bigger question is "How come lemon Kool-Aid will clean your dishwasher, but not your dishes?"

[ht: Lifehacker]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Because Lemon Koolaid without any sugar is basically a citric acid packet, which is a key component of most dishwasher liquid. It is highly concentrated in the kool aid and will eat away/disolve the gunk.