• Before loading the dishes, you should:– Remove all left over food and debris.– Soften remnants of burnt food in pans• When loading the dishes and cutlery, pleasenote:– Dishes and cutlery must not impede therotation of the spray arms.– Load hollow items such as cups, glasses,pans, etc. with the opening downwards sothat water cannot collect in the containeror a deep base.– Dishes and items of cutlery must not lieinside one another, or cover each other.– To avoid damage to glasses, they mustnot touch.– Lay small objects in the cutlery basket.• Plastic items and pans with non stick coat-ings have a tendency to retain water drops;these items will not dry as well as porcelainand steel items.• Light items (plastic bowls etc.) must be loa-ded in the upper basket and arranged sothey do not move.For washing in the dishwasher the following cutlery and dishesare not suitable: are of limited suitability:• Cutlery with wooden, horn, china or mother-of-pearls handles.• Plastic items that are not heat resistant.• Older cutlery with glued parts that are not tempera-ture resistant.• Bonded cutlery items or dishes.• Pewter or copper items.• Lead crystal glass.• Steel items prone to rusting.• Wooden platters.• Items made from synthetics fibres.• Only wash stoneware in the dishwasher if it isspecially marked as being dishwasher-safe by themanufacturer.• Glazed patterns may fade if machine washedfrequently.• Silver and aluminium parts have a tendency to dis-colour during washing: Residues, e.g. egg white,egg yolk and mustard often cause discolouring andstaining on silver. Therefore always clean left-oversfrom silver immediately, if it is not to be washedstraight after use.13