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If your water is very hard, mix 50% untreated tap water
with 50% distilled water (available in hardware stores).
PREPARATION
Which water should I use?
Filling the water tank
• Your appliance was designed to operate using untreated
tap water. However, it is necessary to periodically clean
the steam chamber to remove any mineral deposits.
• Do not use pure demineralised or pure distilled water,
water from clothes dryers, scented or softened water,
rain water, filtered, bottled or boiled water, water from
refrigerators, batteries or air conditioners, pure distilled
water or rain water as these may damage the iron. These
types of water contain organic waste, mineral elements
that become concentrated when heated and cause
spitting, brown staining, leaking or premature wear on
your iron
• Unplug the iron before filling it.
• Set the steam control to
• Lift the iron and, holding it at a slight incline, point the
soleplate up.
• Open the water tank cover.
• Fill the water tank to the mark “Max”.
• Close the water tank cover.
Warning ! Do not fill your iron through the scale
collector opening. Do not remove the anti-calc
collector to fill the tank.
Max
Max
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