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Laundry is something we all wish we could avoid!

But what's even worse is trying to decipher the symbols on the washing labels ...

What a pain, 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 for easy reading symbols on clothes washing labels. Look :

Click here to easily print this guide in PDF.

How to decrypt washing labels

The symbols on the washing labels are divided into 5 categories: washing, bleaching, drying, ironing and professional cleaning.

WASHING SYMBOLS

- Cotton program wash (without line)

- Synthetic program wash (one line)

- Wash delicate program (two strokes)

- Hand washing : do not machine wash. The garment can only be dry cleaned and should not be washed.

- No washing: the garment can only be dry cleaned and should not be washed.

BLEACH SYMBOLS (bleach)

- All types of bleaching authorized: the garment can be treated with bleach or sodium percarbonate.

- Bleaching based on oxygenates only: the garment can only be treated with bleaching agents such as sodium percarbonate.

- No bleaching: do not use bleach to treat the garment. It must be washed only with products intended for colored laundry or delicate laundry.

DRYING SYMBOLS

- Tumble dry at normal temperature (two points): drying program at 80 ° C.

- Tumble dry at moderate temperature (one point): choose a drying program at moderate temperature (60 ° C) and a reduced drying time.

- Line drying

- Line drying by draining without machine spinning

- Dry flat

- No tumble drying: do not tumble dry.

- No hand wringing

- Drying in the shade

IRONING SYMBOLS

- Ironing with a hot iron (3 points): iron at a maximum temperature of 200 ° C (cotton, linen program)

- Ironing at moderate temperature (2 points): iron at a maximum temperature of 150 ° C (wool, silk, polyester, viscose program).

- Ironing at low temperature (1 point): iron at a maximum temperature of 110 ° C (acrylic, nylon and acetate program). Be careful, do not use steam.

- No ironing: risk of irreversible changes in case of ironing.

DRY CLEANING SYMBOLS

- 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 must not be used

Results

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 machine because of the wrong wash program!

Click here to print this guide as a PDF and hang it next to your washing machine or dryer.

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