How To Choose And Use The Right Detergent; Detergentusage Guide - GE GSD1205 Use And Care Manual

How to Choose and Use the Right Detergent
Use only powder or liquid detergent specifically
made for use in dishwashers.Other types will cause
oversudsing.
How much detergent should you use? That depends.
Is your water "hard" or "soft"? With hard water, you
need extra detergentto get dishes clean. With soft water,
you need less detergent.
Yourwater department can tell you how hard your
water is. So can your county extensionagent or your
area'swater softener company.Just call and ask them
how many "grains" of hardnessthere are in your water.
Too much detergentwith soft water not only wastes
money,it can be harmful.It can cause a permanent
cloudinessof glassware,called "etching."
An outside
layerof glassis etchedaway! Of course,this takes some
time, But why take a chancewhen it'seasy to find out the
hardnessof your water.
Keep your detergent fresh and dry, Under the sink
isn't a good place to store detergentbecause there is
too much moisture.Don't put powder detergentinto
the dispenseruntil you'reready to wash dishes,either.
(It won'tbe fresh OR dry.)
If your powder detergent gets old or lumpy, throw it
away. Old detergentoften won't dissolve.If you use a
liquid dishwasherdetergent,these precautionsare not
necessarybecause liquid detergentsdon't "lump" as
they age or come in contact with moisture.
Detergent Dispensers
You'll find two detergent dispensers on the inside
door of your dishwasher. Two, because
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Close the rrrain cup,
NOTE:
Toopen detergentcup after it has
been closed,unlatch~hedoor and rotatethe
CycleIndicatorDial afull turn to the OFF
position. Whenthe closed cup contains
Grasphandle,
rotateand
soap it is best that the door be in a partially ~lo~e tightjY
openpositionbeforerotatingthe Cycle
IndicatorDial, Thiswill help reducethe amountof
detergentand rinseaid agentspillageinto the tub.
DetergentUsage Guide
(powder or liquid)
SO~ WATER (O-3grainshardness) MEDIUMWATER (3-7grains)
HARDWATER (7-12grains*)
CYCLES MainCup OpenCup MainCup
I
OpenCup Main
Cup$
OpenCup+
POTSCRUBBER HalfFull ~ HalfFull
Completely ~ HalfFull
Completely ~ Completely
NORMALWASH
Full Full Full
WATER SAVER HalfFull
None HalfFull None
Completely
None
DELICATE WASH
Full
SHORTWASH
RINSE& HOLD Use nodetergent
Use nodetergent Use nodetergent
*12
grainsand up is extremelyhardwater.A watersofteneris recommended, W ithoutit, lime
$FilledMainCup holds3 tablespoons;
canbuildup in the watervalve.The watervalvemaystickwhileopenandcauseflooding.
filledOpenCup holds2 tablespoons.
How to Prepare the Dishes for Washing
If this is your first dishwasher, or if you're
NOTE: You may also want to consider removing
replacing a much older model, you may wonder foods such as mustard, mayonnaise, vinegw, lemon
how much preparation your dishes need. Actually
juice and other foods that can cause discoloration of
very little. Scrape off bones, seeds, skins, toothpicks
stainless steel if allowed to remain on dishes for a long
and other hard solids. Remove excessive quantities period of time.
of oil or grease.
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 need extra preparation.
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