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you it?
Beforeyoucan decide whatto do
abouthard water,you needto know
if you haveit and, if so, howhard
it is.
@
If youlivein a municipalarea,
contactyour watercompany.
o If youlivein a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contactyour
county agent.
Theanswerwill be “youhave ‘so
many grains’per gallon” and
means this:
Oto 3 grainsper gallon-SOFT
4 to 10grains—I+ARD
11to 19grains–VERYHARD
20 grains and over—
EXTREMELY 14ARD
If your wateris SOFT, youhave
no problem. Youcan use soapor
detergentas you.preferand forget
all abouthard water.If youhave
FIAR13water—lessthan 10grains—
and you usephosphatedetergent,
you alsohaveno problem.
But, if youhavemorethan 10
grains, you will needto softenyour
water with either. . .
1. Aninstalledwatersoftenerin
yourhome,or
2. Theuseofa packagedwater
softener.
For information onwater
softeners, see guide below.
Add this water a)fiwwaterkvd
Grainsof
hardness
o–lo lo–15
15-20 20–25
25–30
over30
Whenusing ?4cup
o
%cup %cup
1cup
1cupplus1tablespoonforevery5grainsabove
withdetergent (60ml) (120ml)
(160ml)
(240ml) 30(240mlplus15mlforeachextra5grains)
Whenusing
%cup %cup %cup 1cup
1!4cups
1%
CUpSplUS1tablespoonfir every5gtis above
withsoap
(80ml) (160ml) (180ml)
(240ml) (360ml)
30(300mlplus15mlforeachextra5grains)