Surely many people paid attention to labels with strange characters located on the wrong side of various garments. Have you ever wondered what they can mean? And have you ever washed your favorite thing, thereby ruining it permanently?
Unfortunately, such problems are faced by a huge number of representatives of both windy youth and adults who have wise experience. And this happens because we do not bother to sort out the strange characters depicted on the labels mentioned above.
That is why in this article we will try to correct the situation and find out what lies behind the symbols on the clothes. For washing, they will become the best assistant.
Key characters
Our favorite things are sewn from materials, for each of which it is important to choose the right option, washing mode and temperature, detergent and many other important conditions. Special characters on labels help a person learn about them. After all, it is they who ârecommendâ a particular cleaning option, determine the admissibility of bleach, ironing, and other actions.
Understanding them is actually very simple. Especially if you look at the picture below.
Wash recommendations
Many products cannot be washed at home, others can only be washed by hand, and still others require special temperature conditions. In order not to get into a mess and not spoil any wardrobe item (especially if you need to wash an expensive or memorable thing), it is important to study the symbols on the clothes for washing. And then sort things into several heaps. And then you can even wash black clothes along with white. After all, the study of the label proved that, subject to the recommended temperature regime, the dark product does not fade.
So, to choose the right washing option and temperature, you should use the following image.
Whitening tolerance
White things, even with very careful wearing, eventually become gray or acquire a yellow tint. It is no longer possible to clean them in the usual way, but I do not want to resort to old-fashioned boiling. However, you can still bring your favorite clothes in a decent appearance, you just need to hold it for some time in the bleach. For example, in the usual "White". But just before performing such a procedure, it is very important to examine the labels and compare them with the symbols on the clothes for washing. About those that allow or, conversely, prohibit the use of bleach, can be found in the picture below.
Spin Intensity
Once upon a time, our grandmothers rinsed and twisted linen manually. Therefore, the washing process took almost the whole day. Now the task has been greatly simplified. All that was left for us was to load things into the âwasherâ, set the desired mode, and then remove and hang out clean linen. And our time will be required very little, and the machine will carry out the most difficult work independently. Therefore, we can even go to the store or take a nap for an hour or two.
However, if the spin intensity is set incorrectly, the products may even break. It is for this reason that it is very important to look again at the laundry badges on clothing labels. Designations regarding the correct selection of the spin force are presented further in the picture.
Permissibility of drying washed items
Manufacturers leave us with âremindersâ regarding how to choose the right option for drying various fabrics. After all, you can dry your favorite clothes on clothesline stretched on the street, balcony or loggia, or in a washing machine equipped with the "Drying" mode.
To determine how to dry a particular thing, you should pay attention to the image that we placed in front of the current item. After all, there the reader will be able to find the interpretation of the symbols on clothes for washing, spinning and subsequent drying.
Drying recommendations
Most modern models of washing machines have a special function that allows you to dry things directly in the drum. And people are simply happy, because thanks to her, the process of caring for clothes is greatly simplified and takes much less time and effort. But many of us do not even think about the fact that some things cannot be dried in this way. Because this can lead to the loss of their shape and color. In addition, improperly dried product may even âsit downâ.
For this reason, it is strongly not recommended to test the rather unusual function of the new washing machine if the label of the clothes on which the experiment is supposed to be performed has not been carefully studied. In order to make it clear to the reader what this or that thing wants to âtalk aboutâ, one should turn to deciphering the designations on clothes for washing, ironing, and other care procedures. The meaning of the symbols relating to drying is shown in the following image.
Validity and Ironing Option
To wash the thing looked like new, it must be stroked. But with improper handling of the iron, your favorite piece of clothing can be ruined or even burned. That is why it is very important to select the correct temperature regime for different types of fabric. That's just a lot of fabrics, remember the features of all is simply impossible. And besides, not every person can independently determine what material a particular garment is made of. That is why before ironing, as well as before other procedures for caring for clothes, it is extremely important to pay attention to the label. And then study the designation of signs on clothes for washing, spinning, drying and ironing.
The decoding of the characters by which you can choose the best option and ironing temperature is presented in the picture below.
Professional cleaning
We are used to thinking that people who are well versed in their work work in dry cleaners. But only if a person has recently settled in a similar place, he can absolutely not understand the designations on the tags of clothes for washing. After all, any knowledge and experience comes with time. That is why it is important to know at least the key features of professional clothing cleaning. Otherwise, there is a risk of problems with the client and subsequent loss of work.
However, not only the employee, but also the client will not hurt to find out what kind of cleaning is required for his clothes. To begin with, cleaning is wet and dry. And each must be selected especially carefully. Indeed, when processing the product, on the label of which appears the Latin letter F, it is strictly forbidden to use cleaners, which include any solvents. After all, the fabric is flammable.
That is why, before taking your favorite thing to dry cleaning, it is important to study its tag. And then compare the icon found with those presented in the photograph below.
If all of them are absent on the tag, but there is a circle crossed out by two intersecting lines, the product does not need to be carried to dry cleaning at all. Because such an option for cleaning it is unacceptable.
Important clothing care tips
Even having studied the tag of a new thing up and down and sorted out the decoding of the symbols on the clothes for washing, many people still hesitate to make the cleaning process for a long time. That is why you need to learn the following tips:
- If the product label indicates the need for hand washing, you need to fill the basin with warm water, pour in the powder and mix it well, achieving complete dissolution. Only then can we omit a thing that needs washing in the composition.
- If you want to clean white things by boiling, the first thing is to check the permissibility of washing in high temperature water. In the case when the result is positive, you should proceed to cleanse.
- If you do not want to use chemical bleach when washing with your hands, you can mix eight tablespoons of lemon juice and three tablespoons of baking soda, soak the thing in the solution for half an hour, and then wash it as described above.
- If the tags on things indicate different temperature conditions, in order to avoid deformation of the product, loss of color and shape, it is necessary to determine the minimum temperature and set it when washing in the washing machine.
- If there is a lot of dirty laundry, itâs not worth stuffing the entire batch into the âwashing machineâ drum. Because excessive "tamping" will lead to the fact that things are poorly removed, some may even cling to the inside of the machine and break. It is better to divide them into two parts and wash one after another.
- If the basket with dirty linen is still empty, and you really want to wash your favorite T-shirt or other thing, then you need to remember that you canât twist it alone in the drum. This may cause equipment damage.
- If it is difficult to determine the optimal load of the washing machine by eye, you should resort to the following method: fill the drum with things (without tamping), put a hand to them (edge ââdown). If it passes freely, the washing can be started; if not, the drum must be unloaded.
Compliance with the above recommendations will allow you to carry out clothing care procedures correctly, and therefore safe.
"Reminder" with basic conventions
So, in this article we investigated and described in detail the decoding of the designation of the icons on the clothes for washing. However, just getting to know them is not enough. But remembering them at first is quite difficult. That is why we offer another picture to help the reader.
It must be printed out using a printer, and then hung next to the washing machine, so that in case of difficulties it was possible to peep at the answer in a reminder. Such an easy-to-do trick allows you to provide your favorite things with a long life.