Dishwasher Safe Mod Podge?



A couple months ago I made some cute bowls using the funny pages from the Sunday paper (follow the link for the original post). They were a lot of fun and could be used decoratively, but I wanted to be able to use them for snacks or even my Saturday morning cereal. So I used some dishwasher safe mod podge to glue the paper on. I followed the instructions diligently and even allowed extra dry time between layers. Then it said I would have to wait at least 30 days for the glue to cure before I could put it in the dishwasher. I waited 62 days (I just set them on a shelf bottom up and forgot about them through the end of the year).


So today was the fated day. The dishwasher was half loaded with plenty of room on the top rack to put the bowls and not have them touch anything else while washing. I filled the bottom rack as normal and ran them through a wash (with the "pots and pan" wash and "heated dry" cycles because it's an older dishwasher and those are the settings I normally use to get everything clean and sanitary).


I let the whole cycle run and then let it cool down. Everything was still a bit warm when I finally checked on them, but they had had plenty of time to cool down a bit and dry off (I think they were sitting in the dishwasher about 2 hours after the cycle finished). I was slightly surprised to find them in pretty much the same state as I had put them in the dishwasher. 


Sadly, one of the bowls jostled itself during the cycle so that it was a bit stuck between the prongs and I tore the paper as I pulled it out of the washer. The finish felt firm and slightly glossy--perhaps a bit less glossy than when they went in, but definitely still sealed. The paper didn't feel soggy or look doughy anywhere. Even where it tore, the paper was dry. All and all, I'd say it was successful. Just be careful where you position the pieces in the dishwasher so the paper doesn't tear against any of your dishwasher's prongs.

Verdict: It works! Would I use the dishwasher regularly with these--no probably not, I don't think they'd last very long regularly using the dishwasher. But they would work just fine for hand washing and occasionally running through the dishwasher.

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