For someone, buying clothes is a favorite and fascinating business, smoothly turning into a mania, for someone - a necessity. But the fact remains, we buy new things all the time and expect that they will be worn for a long time. But often it happens that after washing, the thing you just bought turns into a faded mat, also a miniature rug. Why is this happening? Clothes will serve for a long time, if properly guarded, washed and ironed at the right temperature. Many of us, having bought a new thing, cut off all tags and labels from it, and after all they have all the necessary information that will help your new wardrobe thing live happily ever after. We'll figure out what the triangle means crossed out on clothes and other symbols on the tags, and should we pay so much attention to them?
to the contents ↑Marking and everything about it
Usually the first information we are studying is the size. As a rule, in the beginning there is growth, then the girth of the chest, and finally, the girth of the hips.
Important! There is no single standard - as a rule, each manufacturer has its own size tables.
The manufacturer applies special symbols, such as a triangle crossed out on clothes, on a small piece of cloth on the back of the product. Information about the rules of operation and ways to care for the subject of the wardrobe is very important, and you need to know what is indicated by this or that labeling, for example, that means a triangle on a clothing tag or a crossed out triangle or a crossed out circle.
Let's look at all kinds of characters that can be found on the labels of textiles.
to the contents ↑Wash
How to wash this or that thing, we will tell the icon in the form of a pelvis with water. There may be points or specific figures on it, and lines can be located below it:
- The image of the pelvis with water and the inscription "machine wash" tells us that this thing can be washed in a washing machine.
- The image of the pelvis with water and one horizontal line - you can wash it, but carefully, without squeezing and squeezing.
- Image of a pelvis with water and two horizontal lines - things require the most gentle mode of manual washing without wringing and rubbing.
- Image of a crossed-out pelvis indicates that it is impossible to erase at all.
- The image of the pelvis with water and numbers from 30 to 90 means the permission to wash at a certain temperature, which, strictly speaking, is indicated.
- The image of the pelvis with water and hand inside indicates that it is necessary to erase manually.
Whitening or spotting
Probably, many of you have wondered what the triangle on the clothing tag means. The triangle is one of the signs of whitening, which shows which type of bleaching can be applied to this thing. Sometimes it is decorated with inscriptions, and sometimes a triangle on clothes crossed out.
Let's take a closer look at the possible options, so:
- The triangle on the tag indicates that this thing can be whitened.
- A triangle with an inscription inside GL - chlorine-containing bleachers can be used.
- Triangle with strips - you can use only oxygen bleaches.
Important! A crossed-out triangle on clothing means that whitening with any bleach is strictly prohibited.
to the contents ↑Ironing
This group of symbols displays the ironing methods, the main one is the iron pattern. Additions can be:
- Iron on the label - this thing can be ironed.
- An iron with one, two or three dots shows at what temperature you can iron: one point at 110 degrees, two points at 150 degrees, three points at 200 degrees.
- Flat iron with a crossed out bottom symbol of the pair indicates that this item can not be stripped off
Important! A crossed iron is a sign that ironing is prohibited at all.
to the table of contents ↑Dry Cleaning
Dry cleaning is another common way of looking after your wardrobe items. It is marked with a circle with different signs inside it.
Frequent marking:
- Circle - dry cleaning possible.
- The letter A in the circle indicates that any dry cleaning is allowed.
- Letter P in a circle - dry cleaning with hydrocarbon, chloroethylene, and solvent-based cleaners is allowed.
- The letter P in the underlined circle indicates that dry dry cleaning is permissible with the use of chlorine ethylene, monoflorotrichloromethane, hydrocarbon.
- The letter F in the circle allows dry dry cleaning using hydrocarbon, monoflorotrichloromethane, but it is strictly forbidden to use solvent-based cleaners.
- Letter W in the circle - wet cleaning is possible without restrictions.
- The letter W in the circle, underlined by one line, allows only delicate dry cleaning with reduced mechanical impact.
- The letter W in the circle, underlined by one large and one small line, indicates a very delicate dry cleaning with minimal mechanical impact.
Important! A crossed circle is a sign that dry cleaning is not allowed at all.
to content ↑Spinning and drying
The next group of marks is dedicated to spinning and describes its features, the main sign is a circle inscribed in a square:
- A circle in a square without any additions - you can safely press the thing, not being afraid that it will lose itsappearance.
- Circle in a square with a horizontal line from the bottom - only manual or delicate treatment is possible when spinning.
- A circle in a square with two horizontal lines from the bottom indicates only gentle manual wringing.
- A circle in a square with one point in the center allows machine drying at a low temperature.
- A circle in a square with two points in the center allows you to sew this thing at an average temperature, that is, in the normal drying mode.
Important! Crossed circle in the box - this thing can not be dried and squeezed.
We have examined all the signs that may appear on the tag of your new thing. If you are careful and study the label before you cut it, your things will serve you faithfully for a long time.
