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Hard water—doyouhaveit?
Beforeyou can decidewhat to do
about hard water,you needto
knowif you haveit and, if so, how
hard it is.
~ If you livein a municipalarea,
contactyour watercompany.
~ If you livein a rural area, or in
somesuburban areas, contactyour
countyagent.
The answerwillbe “you have ‘so
many grains’per gallon” and
meansthis:
Oto 3grainsper gallon-SOF’T,
4to 10gra.ins-EI.ARD,11to 19
grains”VERY HARD, 20grains
and over—EXTREMELYHARD.
If yourwaterisSOFT,youhaveno
problem.Youw usesoapor
detergentasyouprefera.hdforget
allabouthard water.If youhave
HARD water—lessthan 10
grains-and youusephosphate
detergent,youalsohaveno
problem.
But,if youhavemorethan 10
grains,youwillneedto softenyour
waterwitheither...
L An installedwatersoftenerin
yourhome,or
2. Theuseof a packagedwater
softener.
For information on water
sof&ners9seechart below.
—
AddMS mwh waterWftmerwith aM waterk+
Grainsof
o-1o
10-15 15-20
20-25
25-30
hardness
over
30
Whenusing ()
‘/4 cup
‘/2 cup 2/3 cup
1cup
1cup plus 1tbs. for every5
with detergent
(60ml)
(120ml)
(160ml)
(240ml)
grainsabove30(240ml plus
15ml for eachextra5 grains)
11/4cup plus 1tbs. for every5
Whenusing
‘/3 cup 2/3 cup
3/4 cup
1cup
11/2cup
with soap (80ml)
(160ml)
(180ml) (240ml) (360ml)
grainsabove30(300ml plus
15ml for eachextra5 grains)
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