A laundry symbol also called a care symbol is a pictogram which represents a method of washing for example drying dry cleaning and ironing clothing.
Chinese laundry tag symbols.
Lately you may have noticed a series of hieroglyphics popping up on your laundry s care labels.
The laundry symbols on clothing and linen labels provide important information on how to take care of your investment.
He showed me some washing symbols on the care label of the sweater and asked me what they meant.
The labels were developed as part of the international organization for standardization iso.
Learn the meaning behind 37 washing drying ironing and dry cleaning symbols and get ready to tackle laundry day the right way.
Read on for our quick guide to what the symbols mean or download and print your own laundry symbols chart to refer to when you see a symbol you don t recognize.
Where once sage words like machine wash warm tumble dry low informed your laundering decisions now you re greeted with a cryptic symbol.
Symbols rather than words were chosen to better convey information around the world.
Standard symbols for these care labels.
If the label on your blouse reads dry clean only there you go.
Such symbols are written on labels known as care labels or care tags attached to clothing to indicate how a particular item should best be cleaned.
We perhaps knew one or two of the most important ones that we d seen on particular garments.
Getting the temperature and wash cycle right is important for seeing great laundry results and can even prevent damage to your clothes.
To be honest i haven t really ever looked at any of the laundry symbols to figure out what they meant.
When i talked to my friends they confessed to the same level of laundry knowledge.