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Hard water—
doyouhaveit?
Before you can decidewhat 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,
contactyour water company.
~If you live in a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contact your
county agent.
The answer will be “youhave ‘so
many grains’ per gallon” and
means this:
Oto 3 grains—SOFT
4 to 10grains—HARD
11to 19grains—VERY HARD
ZOgrains and over_
EXTREMELY HARD
If your water is SOFT,you have no
problem. Youcan use soap or
Detergentas you prefer and forget
all about hard water.If you have
HARD water—lessthan 10
grains— and you use phosphate
detergent,yoLlalso have no
problem.
But, if you have more than 10
grains, you will need to soften
your water with either...
1.Aninstalledwatersoftenerin
yourhome,or
2.Theuseofa packagedwater
softener.
For more informationon water
softeners,seeguide below.
Addthismuchwatersoftener witha fullwaterlevel
Grains of
.—=
hardness
o—lo
10—15 15—20
20—25
25—30
over 30
,.
When using
o
%
cup z cup %cup lcup 1cup plus 1tablespoonfor every5 grainsabove
\vi[hdetergent
(60 ml)
(120ml)
(240ml)
(240 ml)
30 (240
mlplus 15mlfor each extra 5 grains)
Wflcn using
v cup
3 cup
%cup
1cup
1X cups 1Z cups plus 1tablespoonfor every 5 grains above
~vithsoap
(801111)
(160 ml) (180 ml) (160ml)
(360 ml)
30 (300ml plus 15mlfor each extra 5 grains)
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