Yesterday I bought a shirt for my husband. It promptly became one among his favorites. Therefore once it came time to clean it he wished to ensure he followed the “instructions” on the clothing tags hoping to avoid repetition a recent “shirt shrinking” period.
He showed me some symbols on the clothing tags of the shirt and asked me what they meant. I couldn’t give him any answers back. To be truthful, I haven’t extremely ever checked out any of the laundry symbols to work out what they meant. However guess what? I actually have currently! And now I will discuss them to you.
Way back in 1971 the FTC started requiring makers to tag their clothing with a minimum of one safe cleansing technique. In 1997 they came up with symbols that would be employed in place of words on labels. The worldwide symbols were improved by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and are utilized by the apparel, textile, detergent and machine companies around the world.
What will this mean to you and me? It suggests that we better understand what these symbols mean if we wish to induce the most “life” out of our clothing…or a minimum of avoid their early failure!
While I was totally confused once I first tried to work out the symbols on the shirt’s clothing tags. I have since realized it’s an awfully easy system if you only take a moment to truly learn it. Or if you have got a few of “Cheat Sheets” just like the ones I created up for my laundry room that I need to share with you today! I hope you guys understand now how to read the laundry symbols on your clothing tags.
If you will find something useful after reading this article, please feel free to leave your comment below.
Way back in 1971 the FTC started requiring makers to tag their clothing with a minimum of one safe cleansing technique. In 1997 they came up with symbols that would be employed in place of words on labels. The worldwide symbols were improved by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and are utilized by the apparel, textile, detergent and machine companies around the world.
What will this mean to you and me? It suggests that we better understand what these symbols mean if we wish to induce the most “life” out of our clothing…or a minimum of avoid their early failure!
While I was totally confused once I first tried to work out the symbols on the shirt’s clothing tags. I have since realized it’s an awfully easy system if you only take a moment to truly learn it. Or if you have got a few of “Cheat Sheets” just like the ones I created up for my laundry room that I need to share with you today! I hope you guys understand now how to read the laundry symbols on your clothing tags.
If you will find something useful after reading this article, please feel free to leave your comment below.
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