Use and Care
Laundry TipsLaundry Aids | Use | Comments |
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Pretreat | ● Use a pretreating agent and soak overnight to remove | ● Do not use a pretreating agent with |
Products | stains and soils. | chlorine bleach. |
| ● Always follow manufacturer’s instructions with any | ● Do not use pretreaters around the |
| pretreatment product. | washer or dryer control panel. |
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| They may harm the finish or panel |
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| markings. |
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Detergents/Soaps | ● Use | ● Soap and powdered detergents will |
| efficiency or front loading washers) in your washer. | not give good washing results in |
| ● When using detergents made for topload washers, use | hard water. Soap in hard water will |
| 1/3 of the recommended amount to prevent | form sticky deposits. |
| oversudsing. Using these detergents may decrease | ● We do not recommend the use of |
| cleaning performance. | powdered soap when washing in |
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| cold water. |
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Bleaches | ● Use to remove certain stains, disinfect, and keep | ● Always measure the bleach. Never |
| clothes white. | exceed maximum level on bleach |
| ● Do not use powdered bleach in the bleach dispenser | dispenser. |
| compartments. Powdered bleach can be used in the | ● Never use chlorine bleach and |
| detergent compartment only. | ammonia in the same wash cycle. |
| ● Use liquid bleach in the proper dispenser compartment | ● Add powdered bleach along with |
| only. Do not add bleach to the wash load. | the detergent. |
| ● Follow directions on care label of garment. |
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| ● Do not use bleach as a substitute for detergent. |
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Fabric Softeners | ● Use to soften clothes and remove static electricity | ● Do not add fabric softener directly |
| from permanent press knits and other fabrics of | to load. Use fabric softener |
| manufactured fibers. | dispenser. |
| ● Add to the fabric softener dispenser compartment. | ● Do not mix with detergent or |
| Follow bottle directions carefully. | bleach. |
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| ● Do not fill past maximum level on |
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Conditioners |
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● These products soften water by tying up the hardness |
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Type | minerals and are recommended if using soap when |
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| water is over three grains hard. |
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Precipitating Type | ● These products settle out hardness minerals by | ● Use water conditioner when |
| converting them into particles that will not dissolve in | necessary. |
| the water. |
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