![]() ![]() Dry cleaning instructions are shown with circle icons. Some items, especially professional clothes or garments made from luxury textiles, need to be dry-cleaned. You can't just throw every garment in the washer and be done with it. Turns out there's a difference between different types of dry cleaning. If there's a triangle icon with lines through it (like the middle icon above) then you can use specifically nonchlorine bleach, but only this type, otherwise the garment may be ruined. An open triangle means it's safe to use bleach, but a triangle crossed out means to never use any kind of bleach. The triangle icons on the care label will explain if you can or cannot bleach. However, most white linens and cotton garments are bleach-friendly. Certain materials like spandex, wool, silk, mohair or leather will be ruined by bleach no matter the color of the item. Here's an important tip: just because it's white, that doesn't mean it can automatically be bleached. Just because it's white doesn't mean you can bleach it. ![]() Lines crossed out below the iron means the garment can't be steamed. Lines indicate if you can steam the garment.Dots inside the icon tell you which heat setting to use: one dot inside the iron icon means you need to use a low heat setting, two dots means you should use a medium heat setting and three dots indicates a high heat setting (usually suitable for cotton or linen fabrics).But like the wash bin icons, there are variations: The iron symbol (as shown above) simply means you can iron the garment, while a crossed out iron icon means you can't. Ironing icons give you an idea of which iron temp is safe for your garment. Two dots means tumble dry on high heat, and an empty circle means you can dry using any temperature setting. ![]() One dot means you can tumble dry using normal heat. The dots in the center of the dryer icon indicate what temperature setting to use when machine drying. This is important to note to prevent shrinkage or heat damage. If the dryer icon is crossed out, don't dry in the machine and instead opt to line or air dry. ![]() If you see a circle inside of a square on your care label, this icon breaks down drying instructions. We'll help you figure out what these dryer icons on your clothing tags mean. A hand in the basin means you need to hand-wash the item.No lines below the basin means to wash the item using the normal cycle, one line under the basin means it needs to be washed on the permanent press cycle and two lines means the item should be washed on the gentle cycle. Lines below the basin indicate which washing machine cycle to use.One dot means cold water, two dots mean warm water and three dots mean hot water. Dots inside the basin indicate temperature.A label that says 30 means a water temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit, 40 means 104 degrees Fahrenheit, and so on (to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply by 1.8 and then add 32 - or ask Google). If there's a tub with a number in it, that figure is the maximum water temperature (in Celsius) to machine wash the item.If there's a tub crossed out, then your garment can't be machine washed, and either needs to be dry cleaned or hand washed.Let's break all of those extra markings down: While that seems simple enough, there are several different variations of this icon as shown in the illustration above. The wash basin icon is a diagram of a tub with water, which means your garment can be washed in the washing machine. The wash basin symbol has a lot of variations, and they all mean something different. ![]()
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