Important
Detergent
Information
usually based on soft water and
washers with normal-size
tubs. Use
more detergent...
1 for hard water
2. for heavy
greasy
or
oily soils,
Detergents
and soaps clean
by loosening
soil, and by holding it in
the water so it drains away. If not
enough detergent
is used, soil and
lint can settle back on the items in
the load.
SOAP works best in soft water
(O-4 grains hardness). In harder water,
both the wash and rinse
water
should
be softened.
Use enough soap to
make about 1% to 2 inches ('3.8 to 5.5
cm) of suds.
DETERGENT works in hard or
soft water. Package
directions
are
3. if the detergent
is low
phosphate.
4. for cold-water
washes.
DETERGENT SUDS. There are
high, normal and low sudsing pow-
dered
detergents.
If the recom-
mended
amount of detergent
makes
too much suds, switch to a lower
sudsing brand
DO NOT REDUCE THE
AMOUNT of detergent.
Use the following
chart as
beginning
suggestions
for powdered
and
liquid
detergent
amounts.
See
your Laundry
Guide
for more infor-
mation
(pages
14-22).
WATER HARDNESS IN GRAINS
O-4 Grains
4-10 Grains
lo-20 Grains
Powdered
Detergents
Low Suds
% cup (175 mL)
I'/4 cups (250-300
l'is-l'iz
cups
mL1
(300-350
ml]
Normal
Suds
I'/4 cups (300 ml]
1% cups (425 ml]
2-2% cups
(475525
ml)
High Suds
1-1'14 cups
2 cups (475 ml)
2% cups (600 mL]
(300-350
ml)
No phosphate
- Follow
package
recommendations
-
Liquid
Detergents
'14 to 1 cup (60 to 250 ml], depending
on Ihe brand
and
amount
of soil. Follow
package
recommendations.
^ These recommendations
do not apply...
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In areas where
phosphates
are banned.
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In areas with laws limiting
(by weight
or percentage]
the amount
of detergent
used in a wash load.
liquid Bleach
Dispenser
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Follow the directions
on the bottle for
the amount to use. Never use more
than 1 cup (250 ml) for a tull load.
Use less wlth lower water
level
The bleach
dispenser IS under the
lid of the washer in the front corner. It
has the words, LIQUID BLEACH, on it. The
dispenser will hold enough
liquid
bleach
for one wash load.
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Before starting the washer, but after
loading
it. add the bleach
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Use
a measuring
cup with a pouring
spout to help avoid spilling or spattering
the bleach.
6
settings.
Use a standard
measuring
cup
with a pouring
spout to fill
dispensers.
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Do not let any bleach
run down
into the washer
basket.
Concen-
trated
bleach
can damage
any
fabric.
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