How to Prepare Laundry Loads
FOLLOW MANUFAC-
TURER'S CARE LABELS
FOR LAUNDERING

FOR BEST WASHING

RESULTS--

Sort wash loads according to color,
fabric type, construction, soil, and
lint.
COLORS
FABRIC'-& CONSTRUCTION

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SOILS
_ Lightly _:l_f _. -Nor.rn.al ._ _¢1_. Heavily "f
LINT
Tet_cloth
Chenille
Flannel
Fleece Fabric
Perma Press
Synthetics
Velveleen
Corduroy, etc.

PREPARE

WASH LOAD

• Close zippers, unbutton buttons,
and remove=detachable trim-
mings. Empty pockets and turn
inside out.
_CAUTION Remove all items
from garments and fabrics to be
washed or dried, such as facial
tissues, matches, crayons, nails,
safety pins or any metallic or hard
objects which might damage clothes
or appliance.
•Remove stains (see page 7).
•Pretreat very dirty areas (cuffs,
collars, underarm.,;, children's
socks, oil and grease spots) with
detergent-water paste or full
strength liquid detergent (see
Laundry Aids and Uses, page 6).
•When washing woolens, dilute
all-purpose detergent before
treating spot. Excessive rubbing
will cause shrinkage.
• Permanent Press items require
special care (see page 11).
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L_CAUTION ] Certain pretreat-
ment products can damage washer's
plastic and painted finishes. Directly
apply pretreatment products to
stained fabric but away from
washer. After pretreatment, wash
and dry fabric as usual. Damage to
washer caused by' pretreatment
products is not covered by war-
ranty.

SOAK HEAVILY

SOILED AND

STAINED AREAS

• Soaking helps loosen and remove
certain kinds of dirts and stains.
• Use laundry detergent products,
diluted bleach or ammonia.
AWARNINGj
DO NOT USE CHLORINE
BLEACH AND AMMONIA
IN SAME LOAD--
POISONOUS FUMES CAN
OCCUR.
•Soaking does not replace wash-
ing. Ahvays wash load after soak-
ing, using detergent.

LOAD ARTICLES

LOOSELY

• Load articles no higher than top
row of circular holes in wash tub.
• Do not put items on top of
agitator or wind them around it.
• Mix large articles with small ones.
Large items should be no more
than half total load.

WATER LEVEL

The water level conti'ol can be. set to
provide the proper amount of wash
and rinse water for specific wash
load sizes. Se]ect water leve,1 that
will cover top of dry lload. The
bulkiness of wash loads is important
when determining a water level.
Articles such as pillows,, blankets
and rugs are more absorbent and
require larger amounts of water.
For best results when washing bulky
items, set the Water Level control at
HIGH.
RIGHT
WRONG

WATER

TEMPERATU RE.<;

Water temperature is a w:ry impor-
tant factor. Approximate water
temperatures are suggested in the
chart below.
FAHRENHEIT
140 °
-- - HIIT
100 °
-- - WARM
70--_°-COLD

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Use Corttrol
Settings chart on
page 10 to help
determine cor-
rect wash and
rinse tempera-
ture for fabrics.
When using water temperature
colder than 60" F, read instructions
on detergent contai_'ers fbr cold
water wash or the following may
occur:
• Detergents may not dissolve well,
leaving spot:; or streaks of deter-
gent on artMes.
• Soils are difficult to remove.
• Some fabrics will retain wear
wrinkles and may have increased
pilling.