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have it?
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Before you can decide what to do
about hard water, you need to
know if you have it and, if so, how
hard it is.
~If you live in a municipalarea,
contact your water company.
*If you live in a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contact your
county agent.
The answer will be “you have ‘so
many grains’ per gallon”and
means this:
Oto 3 grains—SO~
4 to 10grains—HARD
11to 19grains—VERY HARD
If yo~lrwater is SOFT,yoLlhave no
problem. Youcan use soap or
detergentas you prefer and forget
all abouthard water.If you have
HARD water—lessthan 10
grains—and you use phosphate
detergent,you also have no
problem.
But,if youhavemorethan10
grains,youwillneedto soften
yourwaterwitheither...
—
1. An installed water softener in
your home, or
2. The use of a packaged water
softener.
For more informationon water
20 grains and over—
softeners, see guide below.
EXTREMELY HARD
Add
thismuchwatersoftenerwitha fuilwaterlevel
Grains of
o—lo
hardness
10-15 15—20
~o_25
25—30
over 30
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h++
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Wrlen using
o
ti
cup
Y2cup
%cup 1cup
1cupphIs 1tablespoonforeve~~5 grainsabove ~ ._‘.-
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with detergent
(60 ml) (120 ml) (160 ml)
(240 ml)
30 (240ml plus 15mlfor each extra 5 grains) ““
-“-:
Wherl using
Hcup
%cup
3/4cup 1cup
1X cups 1Xcups plus 1tablespoonfor evely 5 grainsabove
:
with soap
(80 mi)
(160 ml) (180 ml)
(240 ml)
(360 ml) 30(300 mlplus 15ml for each extra 5 grains) :
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