How To Prepare Laundry Loads - Kenmore LAUNDRY CENTER 95701 Use And Care Manual

How to Prepare Laundry Loads
FOLLOW MANUFAC-
TURER'S CARE LABELS
FOR LAUNDERING
FOR BEST WASHING
RESULTS--
Sort wash loads according to color,
fabric ,type, construction, soil, and
lint.
COLORS
.... _ _-"No_- . ....
FABRIC It, CONSTRUCTION
SOILS
N: so,, _,'/\_ Sol,_' _ /
LINT
_'" "Linl-=_
Terrycloth
Chenille
Flannel
Fleece Fabric
Perma Press
Synthetics
Velveteen
Corduroy, elc.
PREPARE
WASH LOAD
• Close zippers, unbutton buttons,
and remove detachable trim-
mings. F_,_m_typockets and turn
inside out.=
[ _kCAUTION i, Remove all items
from garments and fabrics to be
washed or dried, such as facial
tissues, matches, crayons, nails,
safety pins or any metallic or hard
objects which might damage clothes
or appliance.
• Remove stains (see page 7).
• Pretreat very dirty areas (cuffs,
collars, underarms, children's
socks, oil and grease spots) with
detergerrt-water paste or full
strength- liquid detergent (see
Laundry Aids and Uses, page 6).
• When washing woolens, dilute
all-purpose detergent before
treating spot. Excessive rubbing
will cause shrinkage.
• Permanent Press i_ems require
special care (see page I 1).
[ _CAUTION I Certain pretreat-
ment products can damage washer's
plastic and painted finishes. Directly
apply pretreatment products to
stained fabric but away from
washer. After pretreatment, wash
and dry fabric as usual. Damage to
washer caused by pretreatment
products is not covered by war-
ranty.
SOAK H EAVILY
SOILED AND
STAINED AREAS
• SQaking helps loosen and remove
certain kinds of dirts and stains.
• Use laundry detergent products,
diluted bleach or ammonia.
[ _WARNING--J
DO NOT USE CHLORINE
BLEACH AND AMMONIA
IN SAME LOAD--
POISONOUS FUMES CAN
OCCUR.
• Soaking does not replace wash-
ing. Always wash load after soak-
ing, using detergent.
LOAD ARTICLES
LOOSELY
• Load articles no higher than top
row of circular holes in wash tub.
• Do not put items on top of
agitator or wind them around it.
• Mix large articles with small ones.
Large items should be no more
than half total load.
WA'['ER LEVEL
The water level cont(ol can be set to
provide the pro_er amount of wash
and rinse water for spl_ific wash
load sizes. Select water level that
will cover top of ,dry load. The
bulkin(:ss of wash loads is important
when determining a water level.
Article_ such as pillows, blankets
and _ugs are more absorbent and
require larger amounts of water.
For b_;t results when, washing bulky
iten_, :;et the Water Lew:l control at
HIGH
RIGHT
WRONG
WATER
TEM PERATU RES
Water temperature is a very impor-
tant factor. Approximate water
temperatures are suggested in the
chart below.
FAH
14o o.
100 °
792:
I
RENHEIT
HOT Use Control
Settings chart on
WARM page 10 to help
determine cor-
rect wash and
COLD
rinse tempera-
ture for fabrics.
When using water temperature
colder than 60 ° F, read instructions
on detergent containers for cold
water wash or'the f01)towing may
occur:
• Detergents may not dissolve well,
leaving spots or streaks of deter-
gent on articles.
• Soils are difficult to remove.
• Some fabrics will retain wear
wrinkles and may have increased
p!!ling.
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