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you
it?
Beforeyou can decide what to do
about hard water, you need to know
if you haveit and, if so, how hard
it is.
@
If
you live in a municipalarea,
contact your water company.
o If you live in a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contactyour
county agent.
The
answer will be "you have 'so
many grains'per gallon" and
means this:
O
to
3 grainsper gallon-SOFT
4
to 10grains—I+ARD
11to 19grains–VERYHARD
20 grains and over—
EXTREMELY 14ARD
If your water is SOFT, youhave
no problem. Youcan use soap or
detergentas you.prefer and forget
all abouthard water.If you have
FIAR13 water—less than 10grains—
and you use phosphatedetergent,
you also haveno problem.
But, if you havemore than 10
grains, you will need to softenyour
water with either. . .
1. An installedwatersoftenerin
yourhome,or
2. Theuseofa packaged water
softener.
For
information on water
softeners, see guide below.
Add this
water
a)
fiw
water
kvd
Grainsof
hardness
o–lo
lo–15
15-20
20–25
25–30
over30
Whenusing
?4cup
o
%cup
% cup
1cup
1cupplus 1tablespoon forevery5 grainsabove
withdetergent
(60ml)
(120ml)
(160 ml)
(240ml)
30 (240mlplus 15mlforeachextra5 grains)
Whenusing
%cup
% cup
%cup
1cup
1!4cups
1%
CUpS
plUS 1tablespoon f ir every5 gtis above
withsoap
(80ml)
(160ml)
(180 ml)
(240ml)
(360ml)
30 (300mlplus 15mlforeachextra5 grains)
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