The way I handle shiploads of Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) its already hurt somebody's feelings. That is not the intention. This is basically the most alkaline sod

The way I handle shiploads of Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) its already hurt somebody's feelings. That is not the intention. This is basically the most alkaline sodium chemical. This stuff is strong in concentrated form even though the food grade product will be (hopefully) precisely diluted by orders of magnitude simply to adjust pH. Once the hydroxide becomes neutralized it's water, and such little amounts end up in each serving that's accepted as a harmless amount of additional sodium among the nutrients. But at 50% strength it's industrial caustic soda and it more or less dissolves tissue. This is the lye often used as drain cleaner to unclog greasy stoppages by turning the lard into water-soluble soap. Anyway along with the carbonates the working pH in the dishwasher is so alkaline that it would slightly dissolve some glassware, especially the softer glasses and this is the kind of damage that can look like there is residue, but it will not wash off because the glass is etched. To prevent that this Cascade formula has sodium silicate so there is already some soluble silica in the bath inhibiting the uptake of more from your glassware. The acrylates are like a micro-thin finish, so it's like a car being both washed and waxed.