Kenmore 131922800 Use & Care Manual page 8

Follow fabdc care label instructions.
For successful stain removal:
• Remove stains promptly.
• Determine the kind of stain, then follow the recommended treatment in
the stain removal chart below.
• To pretreat stains, use a prewash product, liquid detergent, or a paste
made from granular detergent and water.
• Use cold water on unknown stains because hot water can set stains.
• Check care label instructions for treatments to avoid on specific
fabrics.
• Check for colorfastness by testing stain remover on an inside seam.
• Rinse and wash items after stain removal.
STAIN
Adhesive tape, chewing gum,
rubber cement
Baby formula, dairy products,
egg
Beverages (coffee, tea, soda
ulea, alcoholic beverages)
Blood
Candle wax, crayon
Chocolate
Collar or cuff soil, cosmetics
Dye transfer on white fabric
Grass
Grease, oil, tar (butter, fats,
salad dressing, cooking oils,
car grease, motor oils)
Ink
MUdew, scorch
Mud
Mustard, tomato
Naifpo_
P_nt, Vanlleh
Pemplrdon
j Fleet,brown or ye,ow
dlasoiom_on
Shoe pooh
Urine,vomit,mucea, f ecea
Stain Removal
TREATMENT
Apply ice. Scrape off excess. Place stain face down on paper towels, Saturate with prewash stain remover or
nonflammable dry cleaning fluid.
Use product containing enzymes to pretreat or soak stains. Soak for 30 minutes or more. Wash.
Pretreat stain. Wash using cold water and bleach safe for fabdc.
Rinse with cold water. Rub with bar soap. Or, pretreat or soak with product containing enzymes. Wash using
bleach safe for fabric.
Scrape off surface wax. Place stain face down between paper towels. Press with warm iron until wax is
absorbed. Replace paper towels frequently. Treat remaining stain with prewash stain remover or
nonflammable dry cfaaning fluid. Hand wash to remove solvent. Wash using bleach safe for fabdc.
Pretreat or soak in warm water using product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabdc.
Pretreat with prewash stain remover or rub with bar soap.
Use packaged color remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabdc,
Pretreat or SOak in warm water using product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe far fabdc.
Scrape residue from fabdc. Pretmat. Wash using hottest water safe for fabric. For heavy stains and tar, apply
nonflammable dry cleaning fluid to beck of stain. Replace towels under stain frequently. Rinse thoroughly.
Wash using hottest water safe for fabdc.
Some inks may be impo_dble to
remove. Wa,shJng
may sat some inks. Use prewash stain remover,
denatured alcohol or nonflanmrable dry deaning fluid.
Wash with chlodns bleach if safe for fabric. Or, soak in oxygen bleach and hot water before washing. Badly
mildewed fabrics may he permanently damaged.
Brush off dry mud. Preheat or soak with product containing enzymes.
Pretmat with prewash stain remover. Wash using bleach safe for fabdo.
May be Impossible to remove. Place stain face down on paper towels. Apply nail polish remover to back of
stain. Repeat, rapiasing paper towels frequently. Do not use on acetate fabrics.
WATER BASED: Rinse fabric in cool water while stain is wet. Wash. Once paint is dry, it cannot be removed.
OIL BASED AND VARNISH: Use solvent recommended on can label. Rinse thoroughly before washing.
Usaprowash
stain remover or rub with bar soap. Rinse. Wash
usJeg
nonchlodne bleach in hottest water safe
for fabric.
For SpOtS,use rnst remover safe for fabric. For discoloration of an entire load, use pheaphato detergent and
nonchforine bleach. Do not use chlorine bleach because R may Intensify dtsooloration.
LIQUID: Pretreat wl_ a paste of granular detergent and water. PASTE: Scrape msldea from fabric. Pretmat
with prewach stain remover or nonflammable dry cleaning fluid. Rinse. Rub detergent into dampened area.
Washuelng blea_ _fa for fabr_.
Preheat or soak in product containing enzymes. Wash using bleach safe for fabric.
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