English11Preparing to Wash Dishes:For get best results, practice the followingbefore you put dishware in the dishwasher:• Discard big chunks of food from the platebefore loading.• Remove sticky foods and loosenburned-on foods before loading.• Empty liquids such as juice, soup, soda,coffee or tea from glasses and cups before loading.• Rinse off acid based liquid, such as vinegar or lemon juice right a way. Failure todo so may cause discoloration to plates, food containers or internal cabinet.• Always check manufacturer’s recommendations before you start washing items.Tips to avoid stains and films:The following suggestions are recommended to prevent stains and filmson dishware and utensils items:• You must rinse all dishware, silverware, glassware and food containersimmediately after use. Some citric based food products, coffee, tea and irondeposits in water can cause yellow or brown film to form on the inside surface itleft on for a long time or if rinsed immediately.• You must check your water hardness to see whether you need to use more or lessdetergent to wash. If water is extremely hard, then it may be causing stains onitems. You may need to use a water softener.• Do not overload the dishwasher.• Avoid improper loading.• Be sure to use the recommended water temperature to wash dishware.• Do not use too little detergent.• Do not use old or damp powder detergent.• Do not load aluminum utensils improperly. Aluminum utensils can cause gray orblack marks to appear on porcelain utensils if they are touching during washcycle.