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How to choose and use the right detergent. (continued)
Too much detergent with soft water not only wastes
money, it can be harmful. It can cause a permanent
cloudiness of glassware, called "etching." An outside
layer of glass is etched away!
some time. But why take a chance when it's easy to
find out the hardness of your water?
the ~i~k isn't a go~d place to store detergent.
Too much moisture. Don't put powder detergent
into the dispenser until you're ready to wash dishes,
either. (It won't be fresh OR dry).
If your powder detergent gets old or lumpy, throw
away. Old detergent often won't dissolve. If you use
a liquid dishwasher detergent, these precautions are not
necessary because liquid detergents don't "lump" as
they age or come in contact with water.
Detergent Usage Guide (powder of liquid)
SOFT WATER
(()-3
CYCLES
Main
POTSCRUBBER
NORMAL WASH
SHORT WASH
CHINA CRYSTAL
RINSE & HOLD
2 ~rains and up is extremely hard water, A water softener is recommended. Without it,
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lime can build up in the water valve. The water valve may stick while open and cause flooding.
How to Prepare the Dishes for Washing
If this is your first dishwasher, or if you're replacing a much older model, you may wonder how much preparation
your dishes need. Actually very little. Pre-rinsing of normal food soils is not necessary. With common sense and a
little practice you'll soon know what foods to remove. Here are some guidelines:
1. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins, toothpicks and other
hard solids. It is also best to remove hard-shelled
vegetables, meat trimmings, leafy vegetables and
crusts. Remove excessive quantities of oil or grease.
2. Remove large quantities of any
dishwasher has a built-in soft food dis~oser that
pulverizes soft food bits and flushes them away.
It can handle small amounts of soft foods, but
large amounts will be difficult to handle.
3. Try to remove food scraps and place dishes in
dishwasher before soil has a chance to dry and
become hard. Dishes with dried-on soil are more
difficult to wash and may not come clean in the
NORMAL WASH cycle. Remember to use your
RINSE & HOLD cycle for small "holding" loads.
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(continued)
Of course, this takes
Open Cup
None
Use no detergent
food.
Your
You'll find two detergent
dispensers on the inside
door of your dishwasher.
Two, because some cycles
use two washes.
See "Detergent U.~age
Guide" below.
Always close the main cup
tightly. When it is firmly
latched you will hear a
clicking sound. It is not
necessary to overtighten.
MEDIUM WATER
(3-7 grains)
Main Cup
Open Cup
Completely
Full
None
Use no detergent
NOTE: The foods mentioned are examples only. Other
foods not mentioned may also need to be removed from
your dishes. You may also want to consider removing
foods such as mustard, mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon juice
and other foods that can cause discoloration of stainless
steel if allowed to remain on dishes for a long petiod.
When using the POTSCRUBBER cycle, less
preparation is required before loading. The
POTSCRUBBER cycle can wash heavily-soiled
dishes and remove dried-on and baked-on soils
from pots, pans and casseroles. Items with burned-on
soils may not come clean and the dishwasher cannot
remove burn marks or restore fading caused by
overheating during cooking.
OPEN
CUP
MAIN
*
CUP
GRASP HANDLE, ROTATE
AND CLOSE TIGHTLY
HARD WATER
(7-1 2 grains*)
Open Cup~
Main Cups:
Completely
Full
Full
Completely
None
Full
Use no detergent
Filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons
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