We all have had situations when we looked at the care label symbols on our favorite garment and thought that we would find out what each meant so that we can take good care of it.
But we never did! We just threw it to the laundry basket with other laundry and machine washed it.
🤦‍♀️ Then we know the feeling when we took out our favorite piece and found out it has shrunken, or colorless, or otherwise damaged.
🤷‍♀️ But why is that we generally never read the instructions? Because we do not know the symbols!
Let’s have a closer look at the symbols so that you don’t damage your favorite garment again.
Each label should state the fabric type and, as a minimum, include four symbols: washing, bleaching, drying, and ironing. The water temperatures suggested are provided as a guideline.
For dry cleaning instructions, the symbols look like in the picture.
đź‘—If the care label has a small circle you must dry clean this item.
👔 If there is a little letter inside the circle it’s an instruction for the dry cleaner what chemical to use.
🧥 The more bars underneath the circle indicate the level of precaution the dry cleaner must take.
đź‘š If there is a cross over the circle symbol you should not dry clean the item.
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To be continued…
