How To Use Soft Water - Monument Water Systems Sumo l Guide D'utilisation

How to Use Soft Water

Now that your Sumo water system is installed, you can enjoy all the benefits
of having soft water. Here are some tips to follow to get the most benefit from
your new system:
Use less soap, detergent and household cleaners.
Hardness minerals in water interfere with soap's cleaning ability. That's why most leading
brands of soap, shampoo, laundry detergent and household cleaners contain chemicals
that aren't necessary with soft water. You can significantly reduce the amount of these
products that you use. You may find you can use as little as one quarter of the amount
you were using before you had soft water! Even though you'll use less soap, you'll get more
suds and better cleaning results
Bathing:
Reduce your use of soaps and shampoos by half or more. Adjust according to your taste
and results. After bathing in soft water, your skin will feel "silky." What you'll feel is your
own smooth skin without any leftover soap residue. When you bathed in hard water, you
were never able to rinse this residue completely. The soap curd that left a ring on your
bathtub also remained on your skin and hair, possibly causing drying and cracking. Now
that you have soft water, you'll feel soft, smooth and clean. And you'll promote healthier
skin and hair by eliminating the drying effects of hard water.
Laundry:
It's especially important to reduce the amount of laundry detergent you use by half
or more. Washing clothes in soft water means you'll need less soap to get your
clothes clean and it will rinse completely. Washing in soft water makes your clothes
look whiter and brighter, and they'll last longer, too.
Dishwashing:
Reduce the amount of dishwashing detergent you use by half or more, too. Your dishes
will get nice and clean without all of the hardness minerals left over by hard water.
Take special precautions with dishwashers.
dishwasher detergents and very high temperatures in the dry cycle can etch
dishes and glassware if you use soft water. To prevent this possibility:
• Use the "no heat" dry cycle on your dishwasher.
• Use the minimum amount of a good quality, low phosphate
dishwasher detergent needed to clean your dishes.
• Wash good china and crystal by hand.
Reduce or eliminate the use of fabric softeners.
making them "crackle" when removed from the dryer or stiff if air-dried. Fabric softeners are necessary
with hard water to keep your clothing soft, but with soft water, you can reduce your use of fabric softeners
or eliminate them altogether.
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Caustic phosphates in some
Fabrics washed in hard water retain soap residue
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