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Pretreat Products
Use a pretreating agent and soak overnight to remove stains and soils.
Always follow manufacturer’s instructions with any pretreatment product.
Do not use a pretreating agent with chlorine bleach.
Do not use pretreaters around the washer or dryer control panel. They may harm the finish or panel markings.
Detergents/Soaps
Follow detergent manufacturer suggestions for detergent amount per load. Detergents are available in the
following types:
Granular detergents are the most effective on mud or clay types of soils and are more effective than liquids in
hard water.
Liquid detergents are good for cold water washing, pretreating stains, and removing greasy oily stains.
Combination detergents, those with bleach or fabric softeners, provide convenience while adding stain removal,
brightening, or fabric softening properties.
In some cases you may need to adjust the recommended amount of detergent to use. Decrease detergent
amount if white streaks or white residue is noticed on dark colored clothing items. If you experience white streaks
or residue on dark colored clothing items, try the following:
•
Add garment to washer without detergent and using hottest water temperature setting (check garment care
label to verify hot water will not damage clothing). Check suds level during agitation or tumbling. If there are
suds in the washer, continue washing garments without detergent until suds disappear.
•
Decrease detergent if you see suds surging over the standpipe for any washing machine, or if you see a suds
level higher than halfway up window of front loading washers. Slightly increase detergent amount if cleaning
performance has decreased.
For Front Loading Washers, use of low sudsing or high efficiency (HE) detergents are recommended.
Soaps and detergents will not give good washing results in hard water. Soap in hard water will form sticky
deposits.
Consider using a liquid detergent when washing in cold water.
Bleaches
Use chlorine bleach to remove certain stains, disinfect, and keep clothes white.
Use all-fabric bleach to maintain color.
Do not use powdered bleach in the bleach dispenser. Powdered bleach can be used only in the detergent
compartment on front loading washers.
Use liquid bleach in the proper dispenser compartment only. Do not add bleach to the washload, it may damage
color or fabric.
Follow directions on care label of garment.
Do not use bleach as a substitute for detergent
.
Always measure the bleach. Never exceed maximum level on bleach dispenser.
Don’t mix chlorine bleach and ammonia in the same wash cycle.
Fabric Softeners
Use to soften clothing items.
Do not add fabric softener directly to load. Use fabric softener dispenser, or follow fabric softener manufacturer
instructions. For front loading washers see “Installation and Operating Instructions” for adding items to wash
load.
Do not fill past maximum level in dispenser compartment of front loading washers
.
Water Conditioners
Non-Precipitating Type: These products soften water by tying up the hardness minerals and are recommended
if using soap when water is over three grains hard (See table page 4)
.
Precipitating Type
:
These products settle out hardness minerals by converting them into particles that will
not dissolve in the water.
Laundry Aids
