Wash label on the label. Conventions for washing: examples, interpretation

Quite often, after acquiring a new item, we immediately cut off all available shortcuts. It is likely that in some cases this is justified. Labels are quite large and spoil the whole look of the product. They can also be made of hard fabric and rub the skin when worn.

Before you cut the label, you must carefully examine it. After all, it is there that manufacturers place recommendations on the care of the product.

In this article, we will look at the notation on things for washing. What does this or that icon mean? How to decipher this or that "hieroglyph"? Let's get it right.

Where did the shortcut hide?

Laundry designations on the label began to appear on clothes from the time of the first manufactories. More precisely, at the beginning only the name of the manufacturer was placed there. And only a little later, merchants began to place on the labels and directions for the care of things. This tradition has survived today. So if a thing even remotely claims to be branded, the label on it is required.

Information can be located in various places. For example, in knitwear, the tag is most often embedded in the side seam below the waist, in jeans it can be found in the seams at the level of the hips, on T-shirts and blouses - behind the collar. Thus, the manufacturer always takes care of such an important moment as washing clothes.

Designations on labels are made on a special material. Such an insert at any time will tell you how to care for the product so as not to spoil it.

By the way, there are clothes on which you will not find such designations. These are clothes for babies. There are no such labels on the underpants and sliders, so as not to injure the too delicate skin of the baby. Information is most often placed on special stickers that must be removed before preparing the product for first use.

How to read written?

Understanding the washing conventions on labels is easy. The same applies to other icons. It is enough once to carefully study the written and understand the principle by which information is supplied. If you understand this, remembering what this or that symbol means is not difficult.

In general, the information on the label is of 5 types. Each of them refers to a separate product care process:

• Washing. Everything is very simple here. The icon representing this process looks like a basin of water. Additionally, there may be a clarification: what T should be water, whether it is possible to wash a thing in an “automatic machine”, how intensively one can influence a thing.
• Drying. This process is presented in the form of a square, inside which there is clarifying information.
• Whitening. By agreement, this process is always depicted as a triangle.
• Dry cleaning. Circle icon. Depending on the subtleties of the process, it can be empty, crossed out, with a letter in the middle or without it.
• Ironing. Like washing, this is a very memorable sign. It is simply impossible to confuse it with any other, because it is made in the form of an iron with the symbols applied to it. The sign indicates the temperature at which the process is possible, as well as whether steaming can be applied.

Advice! In order not to get confused in unfamiliar signs, many young housewives place a printed table of washing, ironing and other processes in the area of ​​the washing machine. Give it a try! So you can quickly remember the information you need.

Washing

Since in this article we promised to consider exactly the wash designations on the label, let's first talk about why you should pay attention to the mode at all.

Wash recommendations include information about the material the item is made of. Pay attention to the method of cleaning the product and the temperature at which it can be done. Why is this so important?

The fact is that since you do not follow the manufacturer's recommendations, you can not only harm things, but hopelessly ruin it. For example, if the label indicates that the sweater can be washed exclusively by hand, it is impossible to use the automatic machine in any case. The quick rotation of the drum can damage delicate threads, and the sweater may break. Too hot water can make the woolen jacket “sit down” and you have to give it to the neighboring girl-schoolgirl.

Some manufacturers of automatic washing machines take into account such features. For particularly dull users, they indicate modes directly in the form of icons indicated on fabric labels. Then the housewives can only compare the washing symbols on the label with those located on the panel of the washing machine, and select the desired mode.

Wash Methods

As you know, there are various ways and modes of cleaning products. The labels on the labels are so understandable that even a child can figure them out.

The most common is an inverted trapezoid with a wavy line in the middle. It looks as if the child was drawing a basin of clean water. Such an icon symbolizes “total permissiveness” in handling the product. It can be washed at any temperature, including boiling, soaking, acting on it in various ways: crush, rub, twist, wring. Moreover, the thing should not lose its original properties, “sit down” or shed.

If a horizontal line is drawn under the “basin”, this indicates that the product must be handled carefully. Do not choose the maximum number of revolutions during the spin cycle, as well as rub the product heavily.

Two long horizontal lines under the “basin” indicate that the product must be handled as carefully as possible. For washing, do not use too concentrated a solution of powder. In no case should a thing be rubbed or twisted strongly in a drum of a machine at high speeds. If you still decide to choose a machine wash, it is best to prefer the delicate mode.

The crossed-out trapeze - “basin” indicates that this item of clothing is generally forbidden to be washed. To freshen up a thing, it can be taken to dry cleaning. Do not neglect this icon, because even a gentle hand wash can result in the product being irreparably damaged.

Machine wash is most often symbolized by an icon in the form of a “washing machine” or simply a stylized rectangle with a dash in the upper part. But if a similar icon is placed in a circle or crossed out, this means a categorical ban on machine wash. Most often, such an icon can be found on products studded with sequins, rhinestones, bugles or other decoration.

A hand placed in a basin with water, as you can understand, symbolizes hand washing. In order not to burn yourself and not spoil the thing, you should not use a temperature above 40 ° C. Wardrobe items bearing this designation cannot be squeezed, rubbed heavily, twisted. Most often, they are made of delicate fabrics that can ruin hopelessly from rude exposure.

These are perhaps all the main badges on the label for washing. The designations may have some additions regarding, for example, temperature. We will talk about this below.

Choose a temperature mode

If you do not want to spoil the thing, carefully study the tags on the clothes. For washing, the symbols described above can be supplemented with dots or numbers. What do they mean?

The numbers located inside the “basin of water” indicate the maximum temperature at which the product can be cleaned. If you don’t follow the recommendations and, for example, boil a blouse that says 40 ^° C, it will just go bad and you can never wear it again. Moreover, the lower the temperature indicated on the label, the more delicate handling requires the fabric from which the product is made.

Dots located inside the wash symbol indicate roughly the same thing. The more dots you see, the more hot water can be used for washing. For example, 6 points located in the “basin” indicate that the product can be boiled, and 2 points mean that it is necessary to wash at a temperature not exceeding 40 ° C.

Fabric Recommendations

The washing symbols on the label do not always indicate. It so happens that the label simply indicates the fabric from which the product is made. Probably, manufacturers think that an experienced hostess already knows what can and cannot be done with a particular fabric. And what to do inexperienced? Our recommendations will help you.

All fabrics can be divided into two large groups:

• natural;
• synthetic.

These include:

1. Cotton. It can most often be washed in any way and at any temperature. It is best to use universal detergents. In some cases, shrinkage is likely to 5%.
2. Silk. This fabric must be handled gently and washed best by hand. It is impossible to soak, and the water temperature should not exceed 30 ° C. To clean products, it is necessary to use special detergents for silk.
3. Wool. It is possible to use machine wash on the Wool program, but it is better to wash it by hand. It is forbidden to squeeze out and use a temperature higher than 50 ° C. Wash with a special detergent, and dry horizontally by spreading it on a table.

Artificial materials:

• viscose;
• Rayon
• a tactile;
• polyamide;
• elastane;
• polyester and others.

The first 2 fabrics from the list can be washed exclusively by hand and at a temperature of no higher than 30–40 ° C. The rest can easily scroll in the machine. In some cases, it is possible to use a mild detergent. Most of these fabrics are not allowed to iron. From exposure to heat, they can melt.

What is written in words

The laundry symbols on the labels may be more than symbols. Some of the information can be written in words in Russian, English or other languages.

Here is some of them:

• Cotton - cotton.
• Lein, LI - Flax.
• Wolle, WO - wool.
• SE, SESilk or Seide - Silk.
• PES - polyacryl.
• EA is elastane.
• Greencotton is an eco-friendly green cotton.
• PL is polyester.
• Machine wash - machine wash.
• PA is nylon.
• Wash seperately - wash separately.
• Hot (Cold) wash - wash in hot (cold) water.
• Don't dry clean - dry cleaning is not allowed.
• Remove promptly - remove from the dryer.
• Hand wash only - hand wash only.

General recommendations

In addition to the symbols, on the label there are general washing recommendations that any housewife probably knows:

• When hand washing, be sure to completely dissolve the powder.
• If you wash several things from different fabrics together, set the lowest temperature at which you can wash the most delicate thing.
• When washing, be sure to sort the laundry not only by color, but also by texture.
• Do not use bleach unless there are special recommendations on the label.

Conclusion

Carefully read the labels on clothes and follow our simple recommendations. Then you can keep your things in perfect order for a long time.