Glass is generally considered to be a chemically stable material at the normal conditions. However, during dishwashing process the tableware glass surface is attacked by detergent water solution at elevated temperatures for different time. It results in different type of irreversible glass surface damage such as milky effect/white layer, iridescence and line corrosion. The goal of this study was to classify and identify different types of the glass surface damages after dishwashing process and find the mechanism of their creation. EDX indicated that the iridescence was characterized by a difference in composition due to the enrichment in Na and Al with S and depletion in Ca, Ba and K in comparison with surrounding glass. The white layer of corrosion products contained high and/or low amount of alkali/alkali earth elements, as originated from detergent washing solution. The following mechanism of glass corrosion was proposed (i) surface dealkalization and alkali leaching into water solution, (ii) glass network dissolution and (iii) precipitation reactions. Glass defects were influenced by parameters related to the aggressive environment, temperature, residual hardness of water, and also to the technology of glass melting and forming.