i use 2.5lbs of steel pins, a 5 count squeeze of dish soap and a few shakes of lemi shine powder and tumble with hot water for about 2 hours. They come out looking like new.
Before my lemi shine came in the mail, I had some other dishwasher cleaner liquid that seemed to work equally as well as the lemishine.
I love this setup, I just use a strainer set and have absolutely no issues whatsoever with the stainless pins, they just soft to the bottom. Strainer tray where I keep them until the next time.
