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How to Choose and Use the Right Detergent
Use
powder or liquid detergent specifically
made for use in dishwashers. Other types will cause
How much detergent should you use? That depends.
Is your water “hard” or “soft”? With hard water, you
need extra detergent to get dishes clean. With soft water,
you need less detergent.
Your water department can tell you how hard your
water is. So can your county extension agent or your
area’s water softener company. Just call and ask them
how many “grains” of hardness there are in your water.
Too much detergent with soft water not only wastes
money, it can be harmful. It can cause a permanent
cloudiness of glassware, called “etching.” An outside
of glass is etched away! Of course, this takes some
time. But why take a chance when it’s easy to find out the
hardness of your water.
Keep your detergent fresh and dry. Under the sink
isn’t a good place to store detergent because there is too
much moisture. Don’t put powder detergent into the
dispenser until you’re ready to wash dishes, either. (It
won’t be fresh OR dry.)
If your powder detergent gets old or lumpy, throw it
away. Old detergent often won’t dissolve. If you use a
liquid dishwasher detergent, these precautions are not
necessary because liquid detergents don’t “lump” as
they age or come in contact with moisture.
Detergent Dispensers
You’ll two detergent dispensers on the inside
door of your dishwasher. Two, because
/
some cycles use two washes.
Open
See “Detergent Usage Guide ’’below.
cup
(Be sure the CYCLE INDICATOR
DIAL is at OFF position before
adding detergent. Otherwise,
the detergent cup will not
close and latch properly).
cup
Close the main cup.
NOTE: To open detergent cup after it has been
closed, unlatch the door and rotate the Cycle
Indicator Dial
turn to the
When the closed cup contains soap it is Grasp handle,
best that the door be in a partially open
rotate and
position before rotating the Cycle
close tightly
Indicator Dial. This will help reduce the amount of
detergent and rinse aid agent spillage into the tub.
Detergent Usage Guide
(powder or liquid)
SOFT WATER (O-3 grains hardness) MEDIUM WATER (3-7 grains) HARD WATER (7-t 2 grains*)
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CYCLES Main Cup
Open Cup Main
Cup
Open Cup Main
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POTSCRUBBER
Half Full Half Full Completely Half Full Completely
NORMAL WASH
Completely
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Full Full Full
LIGHT WASH
SHORT WASH
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Full
None
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Half None
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Completely None
Full
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RINSE & HOLD
Use no detergent
Use no detergent Use no detergent
*12 grains and up is extremely hard water. A water softener is recommended. Without it, lime Main Cup holds 3 tablespoons;
can build up in the water valve. The water may stick open and cause flooding.
Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
How to Prepare the Dishes for Washing
If this is your first dishwasher, or if you’re replacing
NOTE: You may also want to consider removing
a much older model, you may wonder how much foods such as mustard, mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon
preparation your dishes need. Actually very little.
juice and other foods that can cause discoloration of
Scrape off bones, seeds, skins, toothpicks and stainless steel if allowed to remain on dishes for a
other hard solids. Remove excessive quantities long period of time.
of oil or grease.
The POTSCRUBBER cycle can wash heavily soiled
dishes and remove dried-on and baked-on
pots, pans and casseroles. Items with burned-on
soils need extra preparation.
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