Clean and bright clothes make you look smarter and more approachable to other people. Though there are only a few steps in washing clothes, not every clothes taken out from the washing machine is clean and bright. The biggest problem lies with the correct method of washing your clothes.
In fact, there is almost a care label attached to your clothes. Some of them are with simple description and some of them only have symbols. There are many different types of these symbols concerning wash cycle, temperature, tumble dry cycle, etc. Some of them are more common than the others. We are going to know more about the common ones including machine wash cycle, tumble dry, ironing and bleach.
Machine wash cycle symbols are printed as a liquid filled cup or container, which we call the basic symbol. The basic symbol represents the requirement of normal or regular settings of spinning. Sometimes, you may find one or two lines printed under the basic symbol. The one with one line means wrinkle resistant washer setting and the double lines mean gentle settings. A hand touching the water inside the container means the clothes can only be hand washed. A big cross on the basic symbol means no wash is required.
The second type of symbols to know is tumble dry cycle. For some very delicate clothes, even with the delicate settings, the tumble dry function may still cause damages to the clothes. The set of square symbols tells you about how you should treat your clothes for the tumble dry cycle. A square on the care label means the clothes can be machine dry. Normal setting is indicated by a circle inside the square. Other than the circle, you may find 1 or 2 more lines under the square. These two symbols signify the wrinkle resistant and delicate settings respectively. Intuitively, a cross on the normal cycle symbol means do not tumble dry.
Ironing symbols are also important as too much heat from the iron can cause damages to fabric. Ironing instructions are indicated by an iron-like symbol. With the iron symbol appears on the tag, it means your clothes require ironing. You may find 1 to 3 dots inside the iron symbols. The more the dots, the higher temperature setting should be used. With a cross on the iron symbol, it means you should not iron or press your clothes with heat.
The final set of symbol I wish to introduce to you is the bleaching symbols. Bleaching symbols are represented in triangles. A plain triangle means you can use any bleach if it is needed. If you find lines inside the triangles, it means you can only use non-chlorine bleach. If you find a black triangle with a big cross on it, it means no bleach should be applied to your clothes.
In fact, there is almost a care label attached to your clothes. Some of them are with simple description and some of them only have symbols. There are many different types of these symbols concerning wash cycle, temperature, tumble dry cycle, etc. Some of them are more common than the others. We are going to know more about the common ones including machine wash cycle, tumble dry, ironing and bleach.
Machine wash cycle symbols are printed as a liquid filled cup or container, which we call the basic symbol. The basic symbol represents the requirement of normal or regular settings of spinning. Sometimes, you may find one or two lines printed under the basic symbol. The one with one line means wrinkle resistant washer setting and the double lines mean gentle settings. A hand touching the water inside the container means the clothes can only be hand washed. A big cross on the basic symbol means no wash is required.
The second type of symbols to know is tumble dry cycle. For some very delicate clothes, even with the delicate settings, the tumble dry function may still cause damages to the clothes. The set of square symbols tells you about how you should treat your clothes for the tumble dry cycle. A square on the care label means the clothes can be machine dry. Normal setting is indicated by a circle inside the square. Other than the circle, you may find 1 or 2 more lines under the square. These two symbols signify the wrinkle resistant and delicate settings respectively. Intuitively, a cross on the normal cycle symbol means do not tumble dry.
Ironing symbols are also important as too much heat from the iron can cause damages to fabric. Ironing instructions are indicated by an iron-like symbol. With the iron symbol appears on the tag, it means your clothes require ironing. You may find 1 to 3 dots inside the iron symbols. The more the dots, the higher temperature setting should be used. With a cross on the iron symbol, it means you should not iron or press your clothes with heat.
The final set of symbol I wish to introduce to you is the bleaching symbols. Bleaching symbols are represented in triangles. A plain triangle means you can use any bleach if it is needed. If you find lines inside the triangles, it means you can only use non-chlorine bleach. If you find a black triangle with a big cross on it, it means no bleach should be applied to your clothes.
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