Surely many people paid attention to the labels with strange symbols located on the wrong side of various items of clothing. Have you thought about what they might mean? Have you ever washed your favorite thing, thereby irrevocably ruining it?
Unfortunately, a huge number of representatives of both windy youth and adults, wise by experience, face such problems. And this happens because we do not bother to understand the strange symbols 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 clothes. For washing, they will be the best helper.
Basic 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 symbols on labels help a person to learn about them. After all, it is they who “recommend” one or another cleaning option, determinethe acceptability of bleach, ironing and other actions.
Understanding them is actually very simple. Especially if you look at the picture below.
Washing recommendations
Many products cannot be washed at home, others can only be washed by hand, and still others require compliance with a special temperature regime. In order not to get into trouble and not spoil any item of clothing (especially if you need to wash an expensive or memorable item), it is important to study the symbols on clothes for washing. And then sort things into several piles. And then you can even wash black clothes with white. After all, the study of the label proved that if the recommended temperature is observed, the dark product will not shed.
So, to choose the right washing option and temperature, you should use the following image.
Bleaching Acceptability
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, and I don’t want to resort to old-fashioned boiling. However, you can still bring your favorite clothes to a decent look, you just need to hold them in bleach for a while. For example, in the usual "White". That's just before you make a similar procedure, it is very important to examine the labels and compare them with the symbols on clothes for washing. About those that allow or, conversely,prohibit the use of bleach, see the picture below.
Spin intensity
Once upon a time, our grandmothers rinsed and twisted linen by hand. Therefore, the washing process took almost a whole day. Now the task has become much easier. We just have to load things into the “washer”, set the desired mode, and then get and hang clean linen. Moreover, it will take quite a bit of our time, and the machine will carry out the most difficult work on its own. So we can even go shopping or take a nap or two.
However, if the spin intensity is set incorrectly, the products may even tear. It is for this reason that it is very important to revisit the laundry icons on clothing labels. The notation regarding the correct selection of the spin force is shown below in the picture.
Admissibility of drying washed items
Manufacturers leave us "reminders" on how to choose the right option for drying various fabrics. After all, you can dry your favorite clothes on clotheslines stretched outside, on a balcony or loggia, or in a washing machine equipped with the “Drying” mode.
To determine how to dry a particular item, you should pay attention to the image that we posted before the current item. After all, there the reader will be able to find an interpretation of the symbols on clothes for washing, squeezing 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 just 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, an improperly dried product may even “sit down”.
For this reason, testing a rather unusual function of a new washing machine is strongly discouraged unless the label of the clothes on which the experiment is supposed to be carried out has been carefully examined. In order for the reader to understand what this or that thing wants to “tell” about, one should ask for a decoding of the symbols on clothes for washing, ironing and other care manipulations. The meaning of the drying symbols is shown in the following image.
Admissibility and ironing option
To make the washed thing look like new, it must be ironed. But with improper handling of the iron, your favorite piece of clothing can be ruined or completely burned. That is why it is very important to select the correct temperature regime for different types of fabric. But there are a lot of fabrics, it is simply impossible to remember the features of all. And besides, not every person can independently determine what material a particular piece of clothing is made of. That is why beforeironing, as well as before other procedures for the care of 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.
Deciphering the symbols by which you can choose the best option and ironing temperature is shown in the picture below.
Professional cleaning
We used to think that dry cleaners are people who are well versed in their business. But if a person has recently settled in such a place, he can absolutely not understand the designations on the clothes tags for washing. After all, any knowledge and experience come 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, it does not hurt to find out what specific cleaning is required for his clothes. Let's start with the fact that cleaning is wet and dry. And each must be chosen very carefully. Indeed, when processing a product, on the label of which the Latin letter F appears, it is strictly forbidden to use cleaners, which include any solvents. After all, the fabric is flammable.
That's why before you take your favorite item to the dry cleaners, it's important to examine its tag. And then compare the found icon with those shown in the photo below.
If all of them are missing on the tag, but there is a circle,crossed out by two intersecting lines, the product does not need to be dry-cleaned at all. Because this cleaning option is unacceptable for him.
Important clothing care tips
Even having studied the tag of a new thing up and down and figured out the decoding of symbols on clothes for washing, many people still hesitate to carry out the cleaning process for a long time. That is why you need to study 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 stir it well, achieving complete dissolution. Only then can you put the thing in need of washing into the composition.
- If you want to clean white items by boiling, it is important to first check the suitability of washing in high temperature water. In the case when the result is positive, you should start cleaning.
- If you do not want to use chemical bleach when washing by hand, you can mix eight tablespoons of lemon juice and three tablespoons of baking soda, soak the item in the solution for half an hour, and then wash it as described above.
- If the tags on things indicate different temperatures, 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, it is not worth stuffing the entire batch into the washing machine drum. Because excessive "tamping" will cause things to not wash well, some may even catch oninternal parts of the machine and tear. It is better to separate them into two parts and wash them one by one.
- If the basket with dirty laundry is still empty, and you really want to wash your favorite T-shirt or other thing, then you must remember that you cannot spin it alone in the drum. Doing so may damage the equipment.
- If it is difficult to determine the optimal load of the washing machine by eye, you should resort to the following method: after filling the drum with things (without tamping), put your palm on them (edge down). If it passes freely, the wash can be started, if not, the drum must be unloaded.
Compliance with the above recommendations will allow you to carry out the procedures for caring for clothes correctly, and therefore safely.
"Reminder" with basic symbols
So, in this article we have researched and described in detail the decoding of the designation of icons on clothes for washing. However, simply familiarizing yourself with them is not enough. But remembering them at first is quite difficult. That is why we offer one more picture to help the reader.
It must be printed using a printer, and then hung next to the washing machine, so that in case of difficulties it would be possible to peep the answer in the "reminder". This easy-to-do trick will keep your favorite things alive for a long time.
