Agree that many of us are very pleased with the acquisition of the next wardrobe item. We earnestly promise the new thing to take good care of it. However, at the same time, many people forget to pay attention to the label on the clothes. But it is on it that all the necessary information is placed that we will need during washing, ironing or other types of clothing processing. Some things cannot be bleached. Others don't cooperate well with dry cleaning. Still others should be dried only on a horizontal surface. Do not underestimate the importance of labels on clothes, because there are quite a few nuances. And in order to prolong the life of a suit, trousers or T-shirt, you need to know them. Let's see what the labels on clothes mean, or rather, what information can be gleaned from a small piece of fabric sewn to the back of your favorite wardrobe item.
What do you want in my tag?
According to global textile industry standards, every item sewn at the factory and offered for sale must contain some information. It is for this purpose that a label is sewn on clothes. It must contain datathe following character:
1. The name of the manufacturer of the item in question.
2. Exact size.
3. Characteristics of the composition of the fabric. As a rule, this parameter is specified as a percentage.4. Applied textile care method.
That is why the importance of labels on clothes is so great: without the data indicated on it, it is impossible to determine, for example, whether the size of the selected item is the right one. In addition, the composition of textiles is very important for people with allergic reactions. After all, not everyone will suit a suit with wool fibers, just as not every buyer will turn their eyes towards a completely synthetic version of clothing.
World Standard Icons
After acquiring a thing, the question arises of caring for it. Of course, if you are perfectly aware of the quality of the material and the intricacies of its maintenance, you do not need a label on clothes. However, as practice shows, a huge number of people do not rely on luck and are accustomed to using the data provided by the manufacturer to wash their wardrobe items. In order to reduce the size of the tag itself, sewn to any item, special designations, the so-called icons, were introduced along with a complete description of the process of caring for it. Therefore, deciphering labels on clothes is often used to extract information about washing, ironing, drying and bleaching a wardrobe item. It includes a list of all kinds of icons that suggest the best way to increase the life of a particular thing. The symbols arestandard for manufacturers in all countries. Therefore, it does not matter if your sweater is made in Japan or the USA - the indicated method of caring for it will be the same.
Erase competently
First of all, the label on clothes should contain information about the optimal temperature regime, using which your item will remain new for a long time. This symbol belongs to the laundry category. The following icons are also included here:
1. A container of water crossed out with a cross indicates that this item of clothing is strictly forbidden to be washed.
2. A similar icon, but without any lines, allows clothes to be washed.
3. If there is a hand in the previous symbol, then this means hand washing at a maximum temperature of 30 degrees. At the same time, rubbing and making efforts during the process is not recommended.4. A label on clothing that contains either a temperature or dot icon could mean the following:
a) one mark is similar to the 30° symbol and implies that this item should be washed at a temperature not exceeding thirty degrees;
b) two dots are the same as the 40° icon: then there is an object can be immersed in water, the heat of which is equal to or below forty Celsius;
c) three marks in a line indicate a temperature of 60 °, exceeding is not recommended;d) boiling is allowed if the tag on the clothing has a water container symbol with a 95° icon inside.
Spin and Dry
This is about laundry. There is a specific designation for wringing out wardrobe items and other textile items. Information about this process is carried by a square, inside of which there is a circle. If this sign does not have any additions, then push-ups are allowed. If it is crossed out, it is forbidden.
Drying also has its own symbols, an integral component of which is the square. This crossed out sign implies a complete rejection of the process. A normal square allows drying. When there is a small arc at the top of the symbol, then the process is allowed in a suspended vertical position, if the line is located in the middle of the element - only in a horizontal state. Drying without spinning is suggested by a symbol containing three vertical lines. Two oblique lines located in the corner of the square indicate the implementation of the process in the shade.
Temperature exposure, bleaching and dry cleaning
You can iron a thing, guided by the sign of the iron, which should be on the label. The temperature regimes recommended for this are also indicated by dots, where one mark symbolizes low parameters (up to 110 °), two - average indicators (up to 150 °), and three - high characteristics (up to 200 °). Located at the base of the iron, two oblique lines crossed out with a cross indicate the refusal to steam things.
Sometimes, in order to fully clean a textile item, it is necessary to resort to bleaching. On the label, permission or prohibition of this process is indicated by a regular or crossed out triangle. The presence inside the figures of LatinThe letters Cl indicate that chlorine-containing preparations can be used in bleaching. The ban on the use of such substances is indicated by a triangle with two oblique lines inside, parallel to the left side.
Besides washing at home, it is sometimes necessary to turn to the help of dry cleaning for the cleaning process. Whether a thing needs such a service can be found out by the presence of the “circle” symbol on the label. A strikethrough or regular icon denies or allows the process. In some cases, the letter "A" may be inside the circle. It is understood that any solvent can be used. "P" does not recommend the use of trichlorethylene, and "F" allows cleaning with the addition of hydrocarbon and trifluorotrichloromethane.
