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Hardwater—doyouhaveW?
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 municipal area,
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:
0 to 3 grains per gallon–SOF~
4 to 10 grains—HARD, 11to 19
grains—VERY tlARDj 20 grains
and over—EXTREMELY HARD.
If your water is SOFT, you have no
problem. You can use soap or
detergent as you prefer and forget
all about hard water. If you have
HARD water—less than 10
grains—and you use phosphate
detergent, you also have no
probfem.
But, if you have more than 10
grains, you will need to soften your
water with either...
1. An installed water softener in
your home, or
2. The use of a packaged water
softener.
For inkmmtim m water
softeners, see chart below.
Add this I’mch watersoftenerwith a Ml waterkwd
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Grains of
0-10
I
hardness
10-15 15-20
20-25 25-30 over 30
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I I [ 1 I t
When using ()
with detergent
‘/4 cup
‘/2
2/3 1
cup
1 cup plus 1 tbs. for every 5
(60 ml) (120ml)
(160 ml)
(240 ml)
grains above 30 (240 ml plus
15 ml for each extra 5 grains)
114cup plus 1 tbs. for every 5
When using
‘/3 cup
2/3 cup
% cup 1 cup
11/2 cup
with soap (80 ml) (160 ml) (180ml)
(240 ml)
(300 ml)
grains above 30 (300 ml plus
15 ml
for eachextra5 grains)
*For each additional 5 grains above 30, add 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of softener.
● *Do not decrease amount of detergent or soap you would usually use.
They are required for soil removal.
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