Labels can be found on any clothing, whether it's a regular T-shirt or underwear. They are designed to ensure that a person knows how to take care of it after acquiring one thing or another. In this article, we will get acquainted with conditional icons for washing on clothes.
Introduction
Do you know what the badges on the clothes mean? When washing, it is very important to study the conventions so as not to spoil the thing. Hard water, too high or low temperature - all this can change the texture of the fabric.
Most people, because of ignorance or unwillingness to study the badges on clothes, spoil their things when washing, for example, putting wool or knitted sweaters in the washing machine, increasing the number of turns during the spin cycle or increasing the temperature, this can subsequently lead to a change in the size of the fabric.
All icons are conventionally divided into four groups:
- Washing. Images of a water tank. The machine wash icon on the clothes is also indicated as a basin, but with an indication of temperature.
- Drying and pressing. A square with a circle inside and without it.
- Ironing The image of the iron.
- Dry cleaning and whitening. Image of circles and triangles.
Symbols that are depicted on the water tank
Before you start washing and ironing, the badges on the clothes must be examined with special care. Of course, to begin with, all these designations will seem nothing more than alien hieroglyphs, but if you spend a little personal time, you will notice that all your things last much longer than usual. Yes, and you do not have to scold unscrupulous manufacturers who produce “thin” and “low-quality” things.
Using a typewriter or manually?
Let's get acquainted with a short list of signs on clothes when washing:
- 95 ° - washing things with boiling. For linen and cotton products. A color that is resistant to boiling is white.
- 60 ° - or three points - washing things at a maximum temperature of 60 ° (hot water). For products that are not resistant to boiling, for example, thin linen made of polyester fabrics or cotton.
- 40 ° or two points - for washing things in warm water with neutral detergents. Maximum temperature - 40 °, no more. For washing dark or colorful products from cotton, melange, polyester fabrics, thin linen from synthetic fibers and viscose.
- 30 ° or one point - clothes are allowed to be washed in cold water with powder. Maximum temperature no more than 30 °. Gentle wash for woolen products.
- The image of a hand in a basin is only a hand wash. Do not wring or rub. For textiles that are not machine washable. Water temperature - 30-40 °, not more.
- The capacity is crossed across - cannot be washed. Things on the label of which this sign is depicted are usually not subject to processing at home. They can only be cleaned with dry cleaning.
Drying and spinning
When studying signs on clothes, when washing, you need to pay attention to small squares indicating the drying and spinning modes:
- Empty square - you can spin the thing by any means.
- The square is crossed criss-cross - you can not dry the product, as well as wring out.
- A square with a circle inside - spinning and drying should be carried out in a washing machine.
- Crossed square with a circle - it is impossible to squeeze and dry in an electric dryer or washing machine.
- A square with a circle and 1 dot inside - drying is carried out at low temperature.
- A square with a circle and 2 dots inside - gentle drying at medium temperatures.
- A square with a circle and 3 dots inside - drying is carried out at high temperature.
- Under the square there is one strip - drying and spin in normal mode.
- There are two strips under the square - drying and spinning should be done more delicately.
- A square with three vertical lines inside - a thing can be hung on a clothesline or on a “coat hanger”.
- A square with one horizontal line inside - you need to dry the product on a horizontal surface.
- A square with three lines in the corner - the thing is allowed to dry only in the shade.
Sorting rules
Now you know what the badges on the clothes mean. Washing clothes is a serious and responsible task for those people who want to preserve the color, shape and texture of their favorite things for a long period. To do this, they not only buy good detergents, carefully study all the labels and do not spare money for dry cleaning delicate things, but also get acquainted with the rules for sorting linen.
To begin with, let's recall if you are familiar with any of this?
Pink underwear that was once white. Blue stripes on your favorite yellow shirt. Yellow and gray t-shirts, which until recently were white.
If you are familiar with these problems and many others, then it's time to familiarize yourself with the sorting rules. We present you 4 important steps:
- The laundry icons on the clothes will tell you whether it is possible to machine wash, at what temperature it is allowed to do it, and how to dry it. All items labeled “wash separately” or “hand wash” are sent in a separate pile. If the label indicates that the product should be treated “only with dry cleaning”, then place it in a separate container, which in the future will be assigned to dry cleaning.
- After the things have been divided into two heaps - “hand wash” and “dry clean only”, you need to sort the rest by color. We put white, pastel, light gray in one pile. Dark colors of clothing - black, red, navy, brown, dark gray - in another.
- We sort each stack again, but by the type of fabric. For example, take a white heap and divide into towels, sheets, blouses and underwear. In dark colors, it is necessary to separate t-shirts and jeans from lighter products - shirts, dresses and blouses.
- Not every person will fulfill this point, but if your laundry basket contains heavily soiled items smeared with oily stains (motor oil or vegetable oil), dirt or juice, you must wash them separately. In the worst case, all other things will have strong unpleasant odors and a tint after washing.
Tip. You should not take this into a habit, but if your laundry basket is not yet full to load the washing machine, then you can mix several different colors together. But before that, make sure that no product is painted. Things that require more delicate processing are best washed by hand.
A few small things to take care of.
Accustom yourself to read labels on clothes to receive specific information and instructions on how to iron, wash, dry, wring things. If it is difficult to remember all the signs, then print the icons on paper and stick them on the container with powder or in the bathroom. There are not so many to get confused.
A few tips:
- Knitted items must be washed separately from other products, without prior soaking. At the same time, choose milder detergents that do not contain bleaches, but at the same time take care of the yarn. Rinse conditioners can be used. If you decide to wash it by hand, then never add detergent directly to the fabric, as it is easy to damage the color and texture. Always dilute the powder in warm water first until the granules are completely dissolved, and only then lower the product.
- Knitwear must not be immersed in an electric dryer. It is best to put a wet product between two towels so that it absorbs all the moisture. Squeezing knitwear is not recommended, as well as hanging on a clothesline.
- The appearance of pellets is a common problem for many things. It doesn’t matter what material your clothing is made of - synthetic or natural. You can get rid of the spools using a special machine or razor, but for this you need to stretch the product on a flat and flat surface. So your things will look well-groomed and new.
Finally
Take care of your things if you want them to last for many years. With careful observance of all the rules, you can always shine in bright, high-quality, not stretched products, causing envy from others.