Textile care symbols

Some clothing manufacturers have started placing textile care symbols on their products. The following is an ex- planation of some of these symbols.

Washing (°C)

987COTTONS

4321PERMANENT PRESS

a@FINE / DELICATES, WOOLENS

The significance of the bar beneath the wash tub is:

no bar normal (maximum) agitation;

eused in the Cottons program

bar

reduced (medium) agitation;

fused in the Permanent Press, Gentle wash, or Delicates program.

broken

minimal agitation;

bar

used in the Woolens program

g

/Hand wash

hdo not wash

ABC dry clean only

Ddo not dry clean

ysuitable for chlorine bleaching

znot suitable for chlorine bleaching

Tumble dry

qat normal temperature

rat low temperature

sdo not tumble dry

Ironing

Ihot iron

Hmedium hot iron

Gcool iron

Jdo not iron

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Miele W 1903 operating instructions Textile care symbols, Washing C, Ironing