How to Read a Laundry Tag

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Wash Cycle
Temperature Decoded
Number designates highest
recommended temperature
30C or 90F
Basic Wash
The basic washing
symbol consists of a
bucket with a scalloped
line across the top.
Machine wash as
normal – no limitations
on water temperature
or settings.
Permanent
Press
Gentle/
Delicate
Do Not
Wash
Hand Wash
40C or 105F
50C or 120F
60C or 140F
Temperature
70C or 160F
95C or 200F
cold
Highest Wash
Temperature
hot
Dots inside the wash symbol designate a
scale of maximum temperature, one dot
being the coolest, six being the hottest.
Temperature
Setting
Machine Dry
A square with a circle
inside is the basic
symbol for machine dry
– no restrictions on
settings.
Low
Medium
High
No Heat
The basic drying
symbol is a square.
Line Dry
Drip Dry
Dry Flat
Dry in
Shade
Dry-Clean
Do Not
Dry-clean
Permanent
Press
Gentle
Do Not
Tumble Dry
Basic Drying
Basic dry cleaning
symbol.
Do Not Dry
Do Not Iron
Temperature
Iron
The basic symbol
for regular
ironing, using
either steam or
dry heat.
Bleach
Basic bleach symbol.
Use any commercially
available bleach
product.
Non-Chlorine
Bleach
Do Not Steam
Low
Medium
High
Do Not Bleach
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