Question:
My question is "can I wash red wing’s pink spice in the dish washer?" I would like to use my mothers set but dont know how much care should be taken with them. Also can you give me some background on this pattern. Thank you Dan

Answer:
The only answer I can give to your dishwasher question is "probably". Over the years nearly all of Red Wing’s promotional literature for their dinnerware states it is "Oven Proof". In the late 1950s "Detergent Safe" was added to the brochures. But dishwashers were not common household appliances at this time, and the brochures do not mention using Red Wing dinnerware in them. I’m not aware of any organized effort to study this issue, so trial and error is the only real way to verify whether or not your dishes can safely be used in a dishwasher.

While I have no experience with Pink Spice and its sister patterns in the dishwasher, my family did routinely wash a later pattern (Charstone Bleu) in our dishwasher for nearly 20 years with no ill effect. If the dishes are intact — no chips or cracks — I expect they would be safe to use in a dishwasher. You might want to run one or two pieces through the wash cycle a couple of time as a test before trying it with the full set. You might also want to consider buying a couple of inexpensive pieces for such a test. Good luck!

Larry