Sears KENMORE 91601 - Manual (Page 4)

How to Prepare Laundry Loads
FOLLOW MANUFAC­
TURER’S CARE LABELS
FOR LAUNDERING
FOR lEST WASHING
RESULTS—
Sort wash loads according to color,
fabric type, construction, soil, and lint
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COLORS
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Terrycloth
Chenille
Flannel
Fleece Fabric
Ferma Press
Synthetics
Velveteen
Corduroy, etc.
PREPARE
WASH LOAD
• Close zippers, unbutton buttons, and
remove detachable trimmings. Empty
pockets and turn inside out.
[A cauti O n I Remove all items from
garments and fabrics to be washed or
dried, such as facial tissues, matches,
crayons, nails, safety pins or any
metallic or hard objects which might
damage clothes or appliance
• Remove stains (see page 7)
•
Pretreat very dirty areas (cuffs,
collars, underarms, children’s socks,
oil and grease spots) with detergent-
water paste or full strength liquid
detergent (see Laundry Aids and Uses,
page 6)
• When washing woolens, dilute all­
purpose detergent before treating
spot. Excessive rubbing will cause
shrinkage
• Permanent Press items require special
care (see page 11)
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ACAUTION] Certain pretreatment
products can damage unit’s plastic and
painted finishes. Directly apply pre­
treatment products to stained fabric
but away from unit After pretreatment,
wash and dry fabric as usual Damage to
unit caused by pretreatment products
is not covered by warranty
SOAK HEAVILY
SOILED
AND
STAINED AREAS
• Soaking helps loosen and remove cer­
tain kinds of dirts and stains.
* Use laundry detergent products,
diluted bleach or ammonia
• Soaking does not replace washing
Always wash load after soaking, using
detergent
DETERGENT USAGE
MEASURE DETERGENT AND ADO TO EMPTY TUB
RECOMMENOED USEAGE
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of the annoimts recommended above
DO NOT USE MORE
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THAN THE RECOMMENDED
AMOUNT OF DETERGENT
LOAD ARTICLES
LOOSELY
• Load articles no higher than top row
of circular holes in wash tub.
• Do not put items on top of agitator or
wind them around it,
• Mix large articles with small ones
Large items should be no more than
half total load
WATER LEVEL
The water level control can be set to pro­
vide the pioper amount of wash and
rinse water for specific wash load sizes
Select water level that will cover top of
dry load, The bulkiness of wash loads is
important when determining a water
level Articles such as pillows, blankets
and rugs are mote absorbent and require
larger amounts of water For best results
when washing bulky items, set Water
Level control at HIGH
WATER
TEMPERATURES
Water temperature is a very Important
factor Approximate water temperatures
are suggested in the chart below.
FAHRENHEIT
140®
100
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HOT
WARM
- I
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COLD
Use Control
Settings chart on
page 10 to help
determine cor­
rect wash and
rinse tempera­
ture for fabrics,.