Care symbols are the small shapes printed on a garment's care label — a washtub, a triangle, a square, an iron, or a circle — that tell you how it can be washed, bleached, dried, ironed, or professionally cleaned. Laundry Master recognises 41 of them, grouped below by family.
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Wash (13)
Do not wash
Hand wash in cool water (20-30°C)
Hand wash at 40°C maximum (40°C max)
Machine wash at 30°C, very gentle cycle (wool) (30°C)
Machine wash at 30°C, gentle cycle (delicates) (30°C)
Machine wash at 30°C, normal cycle (30°C)
Machine wash at 40°C, very gentle cycle (wool) (40°C)
Machine wash at 40°C, gentle cycle (40°C)
Machine wash at 40°C, normal cycle (40°C)
Machine wash at 60°C, normal cycle (60°C)
Machine wash at 60°C, easy care (reduced load) (60°C)
Machine wash at 70°C (white cotton/linen) (70°C)
Machine wash at 95°C (white boilable) (95°C)
Bleach (3)
Any bleach allowed
Oxygen bleach only (no chlorine)
Do not bleach
Dry (11)
Tumble dry at normal temperature (80°C)
Tumble dry at low temperature (60°C)
Do not tumble dry
Line dry (hang to dry)
Drip line dry (hang wet without spinning)
Flat dry (lay flat to dry)
Drip flat dry (lay flat wet without spinning)
Line dry in shade (hang away from sunlight)
Drip line dry in shade (hang wet, no sun)
Flat dry in shade (lay flat, no sun)
Drip flat dry in shade (lay flat wet, no sun)
Iron (5)
Iron at low temperature (max 110°C)
Iron at low temperature (max 110°C), no steam
Iron at medium temperature (max 150°C)
Iron at high temperature (max 200°C)
Do not iron
Professional Care (9)
Professional wet-cleaning, normal process (W)
Professional wet-cleaning, mild process (W)
Professional wet-cleaning, very mild process (W)
Do not wet-clean (W)
Dry-clean with perchloroethylene or hydrocarbons, normal (P)
Dry-clean with perchloroethylene or hydrocarbons, mild (P)
Dry-clean with hydrocarbons only, normal (F)
Dry-clean with hydrocarbons only, mild (F)
Do not dry-clean
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