Doing laundry is a chore we all wish we could avoid!
But what's even worse is trying to decipher the symbols on the washing labels...
What a hassle, a real Chinese puzzle!
As a result, we often end up with a shrunken sweater at the exit...
So what do all those weird symbols and logos on your clothes wash labels mean?
Fortunately, here is the essential guide to easily read the symbols on the washing labels of clothes . Watch:
Click here to easily print this guide in PDF.
The symbols on the washing labels are divided into 5 categories:washing, bleaching, drying, ironing and professional cleaning.
- Cotton program wash (no line)
- Synthetic program wash (one stroke)
- Delicate program wash (two strokes)
- Hand wash: do not machine wash. The garment can only be dry cleaned and must not be washed.
- No washing: the garment can only be dry cleaned and must not be washed.
- All types of money laundering authorized: the garment can be treated with bleach or sodium percarbonate.
- Bleaching with oxygenated agents only: the garment can be treated only with bleaching agents such as sodium percarbonate.
- No bleaching: do not use bleach to treat the garment. It should be washed only with products designed for colored laundry or delicate laundry.
- Tumble dry at normal temperature (two points): drying program at 80°C.
- Tumble dry low (one point): choose a drying program with moderate temperature (60°C) and reduced drying time.
- Line drying
- Line drying by dripping without machine spinning
- Dry flat
- Do not tumble dry: do not tumble dry.
- No hand spin
- Dry in the shade
- Hot ironing (3 points): iron at a maximum temperature of 200°C (cotton, linen programme)
- Iron at moderate temperature (2 points): iron at a maximum temperature of 150°C (wool, silk, polyester, viscose programme).
- Iron at low temperature (1 point): iron at a maximum temperature of 110°C (acrylic, nylon and acetate programme). Attention, do not use steam.
- No ironing: risk of irreversible changes in case of ironing.
- Dry cleaning with all types of solvent stain removers
- Dry cleaning with perchlorethylene
- Dry cleaning with mineral spirits
- No dry cleaning: stain removers with solvents should not be used
There you go, now you know how to read the symbols on the labels of your clothes :-)
No more clothes that have shrunk in the washing machine because of the wrong washing program!
Click here to print this guide as a PDF and hang it next to your washing machine or dryer.
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