How To Prepare Laundry Loads - Kenmore 93901 Series Use And Care Manual

How to Prepare Laundr,
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
I,_ Wh,tes Z_f 1_Colorfast_'_F 1'-_ .... Z_f
FABRIC- & CONSTRUCTION
¢_ Linen -_ ,_& Blends._
__ __ ,-_N0__
SOILS
'_* Normal _ _eavil_-_
t_ _o,,_/ __
LINT
_= Lin, #..f
Terrycloth
Chenille
Flannel
Fleece Fabric
_ L in t_ -_-._._ 7
Perma Press
Synthetics
Velveteen
Corduroy, etc.
PREPARE
WASH LOAD
• Close zippers, unbutton buttons,
and removeLdetachable trim-
mings. Empty pockets and turn
inside out.
_ ACALmONI 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 arid grease spots) with
detergent-w_iter 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 Jitems require
special care (see page 9).
PAGE4
i ACAUTION ! 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 HEAVILY
SOILED AND
STAINED AREAS
• Soaking helps loosen and remove
certain kinds of dirts and stains.
• Use laundry detergent products,
diluted bleach or ammonia.
[AWARNING_
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
agitalor or wind them around it.
• Mix large articles with small ones.
Large items should be no more
than half total load.
€ Loads
WATER LEVEL
The water level control caffbe set to
provide the proper atnount of wash
and rinse water for specific wash
load sizes. Select water level that
will cover
top
of dry load. The
bulkiness of wash loads is important
when determining a water level.
Articles suclh as pillows, blankets
and rugs are more absorbent and re-
quire larger amounts of water. For
best results when washing bulky
items, set Water Level control at
highest fill level
RIGHT
WRONG
WATER
TEMPERATURES
Water tenlperature is a very impor-
tant factor. Approximate water
temperatures are suggested in the
chart below.
FAHRENHEIT
140°
-- HOT
100°
-- WARM
70° COLD
q
Use Control
Settings chart on
page 8 to help
determine correct
wash and rinse
temperature for
fabrics.
When u:dng water temperature
colder than 60 _ F, read instructions
on detergent containers f_r cold
water wash or the following may
Occur:
• Detergents may not dissolve well,
leaving spots or streaks; of deter-
gent on articles.
• Soils are difficult to remove.
• Some fabrics will re_Iain wear
wrinkles and may have increased
pilling.