What do the washing signs on clothes mean UK?
These are the most common washing symbols you’ll see in the UK: Washing symbol meaning the item is safe to wash in water. Washing symbol with the maximum temperature. Washing symbol with hand means it’s safe to hand wash. Washing symbol with a cross means do not wash with water.
What do the various washing symbols mean?
A circle inside a square means you can tumble dry the garment. The dots indicate temperature – one for low heat, two for slightly higher heat, and three for high heat. A cross over the symbol means you shouldn’t tumble dry the garment.
What is the symbol for Do not wash in the washing machine?
cross
Tub with wavy water: The number inside the tub signifies what temperature you should wash the garment at. If the tub has a cross through it, this is a no washing machine symbol, that means do not machine wash.
Is there a symbol for wash separately?
If a garment is labelled with “wash separately”, it’s because the fabric is highly pigmented or it could cause damage to other delicate fabrics. You should wash these items singularly because the colour could bleed, staining your other clothes.
What is the washing machine symbol on clothes?
If the garment is machine washable, then you’ll either see dots or numbers inside the bucket symbol, representing the recommended maximum temperature: one dot means 30 °C (meaning that you have to wash your clothing in cold water), two dots 40 °C (warm water), and four dots 60 °C.
What is P symbol on clothes?
Laundry Care Symbols
| Symbol | Description | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Clean With Any Solvent Bar Trichloroethylene | A circle with a capital ‘P’ in the middle | Garment can be cleaned with any solvent except for Trichloroethylene |
| Do Not Dry Clean | A blank circle with a cross through it | Garment cannot be dry cleaned |
How do you read clothes Care symbols?
A square with a circle inside means that the item can be safely tumble dried, while the number of dots inside the tumble dry symbol indicates what temperature setting to use: one dot stands for low heat, two dots for medium, and three for high heat setting. No dot means that you can tumble dry your clothes on any heat.
What is the symbol for delicate wash?
dot
1 dot: delicates i.e, silk and wool. 2 dots: synthetics. 3 dots: linen and cotton.
What does the circle mean on clothes?
dry cleaning
A plain circle: This means the item of clothing is suitable for dry cleaning or is dry clean only. A circle with a letter inside it: If there’s a letter inside the circle (usually either an A, an F or a P), this is so the professional dry cleaner knows which method chemical wash to use.
Do you actually have to wash separately?
The short answer is yes. Sorting, including separating laundry by color, prolongs the life of clothing and other washables. And while skipping the sort doesn’t necessarily mean your clothes will be ruined, taking a few minutes to separate your wash loads just makes good sense.
What does two dots mean for washing?
Dots: Dots on this symbol indicate what the temperature of the water should be when this garment is washed in a washing machine. One dot indicates that the garment should be washed in cold water. Two dots mean warm and three mean hot.