K
W
INETICO
Now that your Kinetico water system is installed, you can enjoy all the benefits of
having soft water. If you are not accustomed to soft water, here are some tips to
follow to get the most benefit from your new system:
H
OW TO USE SOFT WATER
1
Use pure soap products.
Most leading brands of laundry soaps,
household
contain large amounts of detergents. The
harsh chemicals in these detergents are
necessary when using hard water, but
you can reduce your use or eliminate
them
altogether
We recommend you use pure soap
products; clear liquid soaps without
dyes and perfumes. If you continue to
use your normal detergents, you should
significantly reduce the amount used.
Your local, authorized Kinetico dealer can
provide you with more information and
recommended detergent amounts.
2
Use less soap and household cleaners.
When using soap or cleaners with soft water, start by cutting the amount of
soap you normally use in half. You may even find you can use as little as one-
quarter the amount you were using before. Hardness minerals in water interfere
with soap's cleaning ability. Once they are removed, soap can do its job better.
Even though you'll use less soap, you'll get more suds and cleaner results.
It's especially important to reduce the amount of laundry soap you use. Washing
clothes in soft water not only means you'll need less soap to get your clothes
clean, but also that the soap you do use will rinse out completely. Washing in
soft water makes your clothes look whiter and brighter, and they'll last longer
too. It is very important not to let your clothes sit in the washer after the cycle
is complete. Otherwise, mildew and a musty smell could develop. Detergent
buildup can stain your clothing. Again, Kinetico recommends that you use clear,
liquid soaps, without dyes or perfumes.
After bathing in soft water, your skin should feel "slippery." It's not soap left
on your skin. What you're feeling is your own smooth skin without any leftover
soap curd or residue. When you bathed in hard water, you were never able to
rinse this residue o completely. The soap curd that left a ring in your bathtub
was also left on your skin. But now that you have soft water, you'll feel soft,
smooth and clean. The same holds true for rinsing shampoo out of your hair.
S
ATER
OFTENERS AND
cleaners
and
with
soft
C
OMBINATION
shampoos
water.
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