How to Choose and Use the Right Detergent
Use only powder or liquid detergent specifically
made for use in dishwashers. Other types will cause
oversudsing.
How much detergent should you use? That depends.
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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
layer 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 find two detergent dispensers on the inside
Close the
main
cun.
/
.
NOTE:
T(J
open
detergent cup
afier
it has been
closed, unlatch the
door”
and
rotate
the
Cycle
~f’
.
Indicator
Dial
a,fuil
turn
to
the
OFFpositi(m.
&
>’
When the
closed
cup
c(mtains
soap
it is
Grasp handle,
best that the
door
be in a partially
open
rotate and
positi(m
before rotating the
Cycle
close
tightly
Indicator Dial, This will help
reduce
the
amount
(~’
detergent and rinse aid agent spillage
into
the tub.
Detergent Usage Guide
(powder or liquid)
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SOFT WATER
(0-3
grains hardness)
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MEDIUM WATER (3-7 grains)
HARD WATER (7- 12 grains*)
CYCLES Main Cup
Open Cup Main Cup
Open Cup
Main
Cup$
Open
Cup~
HEAVY WASH Half Full
~
Half Full
Completely
~
Half Full
Completely
j
Completely
Full
Full
Full
NORMAL WASH
Half
Full
Half Full
Completely
Half Full
Completely Completely
Full
Full
Full
SHORT WASH
Half
Full
None Half Full
None
Completely
None
Full
RINSE & HOLD
Use
no detergent Use no detergent
Use no detergent
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z
~lalns
and
up
is extrelncly
hard
water.
A water softener is recommended. Without it,
lime
$Filled
Main Cup holds
3
tablespoons;
can
build up in the water valve. The
wtiter
valve may stick while open and cause flooding.
filled Open Cup holds 2 tablespoons.
How to Prepare the Dishes for Washing
If this is your first dishwasher, or if you’re
NOTE: You may also want
to
consider removing
replacing a much older model, you may wonder
foods such as mustard, mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon
how
much preparation your dishes need. Actually
juice and other foods that can cause discoloration
of
very little. Scrape
oft bones, seeds, skins, toothpicks
stainless steel if allowed to remain on dishes
for
a
long
and
other hard solids. Remove excessive quantities of
period of time.
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or
grease.
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