The importance of washing, drying, and ironing clothes correctly.

L'importanza di lavare, asciugare e stirare i capi in maniera corretta.
The secret to a sustainable wardrobe is keeping your clothes healthy longer. One way to do this is to know how to wash, dry, and iron your clothes properly. The first step is to always follow the instructions on the garment labels. But do you know how to recognize and understand the symbols?

Today we want to talk about just this.

WASHING SYMBOLS

  • General washing. It states that the item can be machine washed.

  • Do not wash with water

  • Hand wash

  • Wash at 30°

  • Delicate cycle. Wash on a delicate cycle and with a suitable detergent (30°C). Select a gentle spin cycle. Also suitable for short washes of synthetic fabrics.

  • Delicate cycle (with the temperature indicated inside) at low temperature with a low intensity spin or even better, without.

Always check the temperature indicated together with the symbol.

Note that often, instead of numbers, there may be dots to indicate the correct temperature. This often happens with American-made garments, for example.

  • 1 dot wash cold (30°)
  • 2 dots wash at medium temperature (40°)
  • 3 dots wash at high temperatures (max 50°)
  • 4 dots wash at high temperatures (max 60°)
  • 5 dots wash at high temperatures (max 70°)
  • 6 dots wash at high temperatures (max 95°)

HAND WASH SYMBOLS

  • Wash cold

  • Do not hand wash

  • Do not squeeze

If the knot is without an X, you can wring the end.

DRY CLEANING SYMBOLS

If you find these letters, don't be alarmed. They're for specialized laundries to understand which products to use and how to proceed with the wash.

BLEACHING SYMBOLS

  • Bleach without chlorine

  • Chlorine bleach



  • Do not bleach

DRYING SYMBOLS

  • Possibility to use the dryer

  • Low temperature dryer

  • Dryer at medium temperature

  • High temperature dryer

  • Do not use the dryer

NATURAL DRYING SYMBOLS

  • Dry naturally

  • Vertical drying

  • Vertical drying in the shade

  • Horizontal drying

  • Horizontal drying in the shade

  • Drying in the shade

  • Wet drying

  • Dry wet in the shade

IRONING SYMBOLS

  • The use of an iron is permitted

  • Iron at low temperature

  • Iron at medium temperature

  • Iron at high temperature

  • Do not iron

  • Ironing without steam

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