When it comes to washing our clothes, many of us do not have a clue what the little symbols on clothing items actually mean —so we thought we’d give you a little heads up.
With Distinctive you will only ever have to wash at 30/40 degrees but you might still want to glance at labels occasionally as the spin speed could still damage your fabric.
You only want to wash cottons like towels and cleaning cloths at high temperatures.
Washing symbols
The wash tub with the degrees inside it is very straightforward. Wash at 30 or whatever it says.
The wash tub with two lines beneath it means you are washing a wool product and as well as low temperatures ideally needs hand wash/wool cycle. Especially important to make sure the spin speed is really low on this one as you will be at risk of fluffing up all those fibres and leaving bobbling on your gorgeous cashmere.
A hand means hand wash
When you see hands, it means hand wash only – most modern machines have a delicate wash or wool programme setting. You can still use Distinctive, but you want to use a lot less detergent than for a normal load. And of course these fabrics don’t want a harsh spin. Jumpers will likely leave the machine fairly wet so hand wring out carefully at the end, if this is a special garment and try to dry flat, or over a towel on a rail somewhere.
Drying symbols
Most drying symbols will also show the text on the fabric care label but in case it doesn’t show the above images are a useful guide.
You should avoid putting your clothes in the dryer when you see the square symbol with a cross through it. With Distinctive air-drying is always best to retain the best scent, plus there are not many items that aren’t best dried naturally. You cant harm a garment dried in the air. If you must tumble towels, just do so for the last 5-10 minutes.
Ironing symbols
Are also pretty easy to follow. An iron with a cross through it – Do not iron your clothes, no matter how tempting it is!
Other than that the image will be of an iron with either 1 dot in the centre of it, 2 dots or 3.
3 meaning maximum heat and the others relate to gentler heat settings on your iron.
If the garment is made of wool or silk you want the coolest setting possible and it’s a great idea to use an old tea towel to protect gently fabric like these. An iron will burn delicate fabrics so be careful.
Well that’s it for now, we hope this helps explain the mysteries surrounding these puzzling little symbols on your clothes. If at any time you are stuck with a symbol, refer back to here and you’ll be fine. Or even better tweet or face book us with any laundry queries. Your dirty laundry is our little secretTM
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