Fabric Care Tips
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Comforters and Quilts
Damage - fire
Damage - water
Drapes and Rugs
Eco-Style
Fur Care
Greener Home Laundry
Handbags and Purses
Heirloom and Antique Fabrics
Keeping Clothes Like New
Leather Care
Maintaining allergy-prone items
Pillows
Protect your home
Remove before washing type tags
Removing Allergens
Shoes
Special trims
Stain removal
Suede Care
Suit Care
Sweater care
Table linens
Tailoring Tips
Wedding Gowns
Laundry/ Care Symbols
These symbols are written on care labels, attached to your clothing to indicate how it should best be cleaned.
Washing | |||||||
 Washing symbol |
 Wash at 30°C |
 Wash at 40°C |
 Wash at 50°C |
 Hand Wash |
 Do not wash |
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Bleaching | |||||||
.png) Bleaching allowed (chlorine and oxygen) |
 Bleaching with oxygen allowed |
.png) Bleaching with chlorine allowed (obsolete) |
 Do not bleach |
.png) Do not bleach (obsolete) |
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Tumble drying | |||||||
 Tumble drying symbol |
.png) Tumble drying (low temperature) |
.png) Tumble drying (normal) |
 Do not tumble dry |
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Natural drying | |||||||
 Drying symbol |
 Line dry |
 Dry flat |
 Drip dry |
 Dry in the shade |
 Line dry in the shade |
 Dry flat in shade |
 Drip dry in shade |
Ironing | |||||||
 Ironing symbol |
 Iron at low temperature |
 Iron at medium temperature |
 Iron at high temperature |
 Do not iron |
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Chemical cleaning | |||||||
 Professional cleaning symbol |
.png) Dryclean, hydrocarbon solvent only (HCS) |
 Gentle cleaning with hydrocarbon solvents |
 Very gentle cleaning with hydrocarbon solvents |
 Dryclean, PCE only |
 Gentle cleaning with PCE |
 Very gently cleaning with PCE |
 Do not dry clean |
Wet cleaning | |||||||
 Professional wet cleaning |
 Gentle wet cleaning |
 Very gently wet cleaning |
 Professional wet cleaning is not allowed |
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