![]() ![]() Do not use detergents which contain bleach (chlorine)Ĭan be bleached with chlorine (use only cold water, make sure the powder has completely dissolved)Ĭan be bleached, but only without chlorine Washable in mineral spiritsĭo not bleach. Gentle cleaning with hydrocarbon and triflotrichloromethaneĬareful during dry cleaning. Gentle cleaning with hydrocarbon, ethylene chloride, monofloro-trichloromethane May be dried on a low temperature (gentle drying)ĭo not wring out or dry in the washing machineĬan be wrung out and dried in the washing machineĭry cleaning with hydrocarbon, ethylene chloride, monofluorotrichloromethane (perchloroethylene-based cleaning)Ĭlean with hydrocarbon and trifluorotrichloromethane (only with freon or white spirit) ![]() Iron with hot iron (temperature up to 120 degrees Celsius) Nylon, nylon, rayon, viscose, polyacrylic, polyamide, acetateĬan be tumble dried at medium temperature (normal tumble dry) Iron at medium temperature (up to 130☌) Wool, silk, viscose, polyester, polyester Iron at an iron temperature not higher than 140 degrees Iron at high temperature (up to 200☌) Cotton, linen One top tip is to check the care labels before you buy any items… you could be saving yourself a lot of time and effort by avoiding items that are going to be high maintenance! And we’re all for that.By reading the information on the signs below you will know how to wash, dry, iron, and clean your textiles correctly, which will help you maintain their appearance, color, and increase their durability. It’s worthwhile understanding the main laundry symbols to avoid any mishaps and washing machine disasters. If you see this ironing symbol then make sure you have turned off the steam function on your iron.Īnd if you see this symbol… put the iron away! Your iron symbol should have 1, 2 or 3 dots inside it to indicate the maximum ironing temperature for that garment.ġ dot means a max temp of 110☌, 2 dots means a max of 150☌ and 3 dots means you can iron up to a max temperature of 200☌. It’s apparently the one symbol that is most well understood (perhaps unsurprisingly) but still 6 out of 10 of us just use a high heat setting with steam when we iron, without actually checking the ironing temperature guide. This is the symbol you need to see to know it is safe to iron your item. It’s saved the life of many items of clothing for so many of our customers, so remember to have some in stock for your laundry challenges! Ironing things out. Always remember smol stain gel gives you great stain removal without using any bleach at all. ![]() And if the whole triangle is crossed out by two lines, you mustn’t use bleach at all on your item of clothing.īut don’t panic if you can’t use bleaching agents on an item. If there are diagonal stripes inside the triangle you can only use non-chlorine bleach. It will usually have a number inside or some dots to let you know the maximum temperature it can be washed at also… more of those later…Īn empty triangle on your care label means you can safely use bleach on your clothing if you need to. This is the machine wash symbol and will let you know immediately if your item is safe to go in the machine. Your washing machine may well have a handwash cycle so you could use this - they tend to have slower spins plus the drum will rotate more slowly through the wash cycles and turn much less to prevent shrinkage or snagging. If you see a hand in a tub of water, like the below, that means your item should be handwashed only. So, here’s our best round up of the most common laundry symbols and what they mean for you and your clothes. ![]() It’s all too easy to ruin items of clothing in this way. For example 70% of people confessed they had in the past, machine-washed items that should have been taken to the dry cleaners because they failed to look at the care label. This lack of familiarity around how our clothes should be cleaned could be costing you money. To many of us, they just look like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs… but the symbols on our clothing labels are there to help us look after our items and ensure we are washing them correctly.įewer than one in seven of us can correctly identify the most common washing symbols on our clothing care labels, while one third of us admit to never actually checking labels before throwing them in the washing machine.* ![]()
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