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Basic Washcare Symbols

This document provides a guide to apparel and textile care symbols used for laundering and dry cleaning instructions. It includes a chart that illustrates the various symbols used for wash cycles, temperatures, bleaching, drying methods, ironing temperatures, and dry cleaning processes. The chart is intended to help consumers and industry understand the standardized care symbols used on care labels.

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Basic Washcare Symbols

This document provides a guide to apparel and textile care symbols used for laundering and dry cleaning instructions. It includes a chart that illustrates the various symbols used for wash cycles, temperatures, bleaching, drying methods, ironing temperatures, and dry cleaning processes. The chart is intended to help consumers and industry understand the standardized care symbols used on care labels.

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GUIDE TO APPAREL/TEXTILE CARE SYMBOLS*

Warning
Symbols for
Machine Laundering
Wash
Cycles
Hand Wash
Normal Permanent Delicate/
Press Gentle Do Not Wash

Wash Water (Maximum) (200F) (160F) (140F) (120F) (105F) (65F-85F)


Temperatures
95C 70C 60C 50C 40C 30C
Symbol(s) •• •• •• ••••• •• •• • • • • • • Do Not Bleach

Do Not Dry
(used with
Do Not Wash)

Any Bleach Only Non-Chlorine Bleach


Bleach When Needed When Needed
Do Not Iron

Additional
Instructions
Tumble Dry (in Symbols
Cycles or Words)

Line Dry /
Hang to Dry
Normal Permanent Delicate/
Press Gentle
Do Not Wring

Dry Tumble Heat Drip Dry


Settings
Do Not
Any Heat High Medium Low No Heat/Air Tumble Dry

Dry Flat

In the shade
Iron- (added to line dry.
Dry or Steam drip dry, or dry flat)

Maximum 200C 150C 110C


Temperatures (390F) (300F) (230F)
Iron High Medium Low No Steam
(added to iron)

Dryclean - Normal Cycle Dryclean - Additional Instructions

A P F
Any Any Solvent Petroleum Do Not Short Reduced Low No
Dryclean Solvent Except
Trichloroethylene
Solvent
Only
Dryclean Cycle Moisture Heat Steam
Finishing

* This chart illustrates care symbols accepted by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a Distributed by:
conditional exemption to the FTC Care Labeling Rule (16 CFR 423). This chart is referenced
from ASTM D5489-96c, Fig. 1, Commercial and Home Laundering and Drycleaning Symbols,
which illustrates the symbols to use for laundering and drycleaning instructions. As a minimum, TEXTILE INDUSTRY AFFAIRS
TIA-GTATCS-050608

laundering instruction shall include, in order, four symbols: washing, bleaching, drying, and ironing;
and drycleaning instructions shall include one symbol. Additional words may be used to clarify For free care instruction assistance call:
language-dependent instructions. 850-522-6270 Fax: 212-505-3300
We urge you to purchase the latest Annual Book of ASTM Standards that contains the complete symbol set from Email: [email protected]
the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. Internet: www.TextileAffairs.org

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