Triangle crossed out on clothes

For some, buying clothes is a favorite and exciting thing that smoothly transforms into mania, for some it is a necessity. But the fact remains, we always buy new things and expect that they will be worn for a long time. But it often happens that after washing, the thing you just bought turns into a shed mat, also miniature. Why is this happening? Clothing will serve for a long time, if properly looked after, washed and ironed at the right temperature. Many of us, having bought a new thing, cut off all the tags and labels from it, and yet they contain all the necessary information that will help your new wardrobe item live happily ever after. Let’s figure out what a triangle crossed out on clothes and other symbols on tags means, and should we pay so much attention to them?

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Marking and everything about it

Usually the first information we study is size. As a rule, growth comes first, then the chest girth, and finally the hips.

Important! There is no one single standard - as a rule, each manufacturer has their own size tables.

The manufacturer also puts special characters, such as a triangle crossed out on clothes, on a small piece of fabric on the back of the product. Information on the rules of use and how to care for the wardrobe item is very important, and you need to know what this or that label indicates, for example, what a triangle on a clothing tag or a crossed triangle or crossed circle means.

Let's look at all kinds of characters that can be found on labels of textile products.

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Wash

How exactly you can wash this or that thing, we will tell the icon in the form of a basin with water. It may contain dots or specific numbers, and lines under it can be located:

• The image of the basin with water and the inscription “machine wash” tells us that this thing can be washed in a washing machine.
• The image of a basin with water and one horizontal line - you can erase, but gently, without spinning and squeezing.
• The image of a basin with water and two horizontal lines - things require the most gentle mode of hand washing without spin and friction.
• An image of a crossed-out basin indicates that you cannot wash at all.
• The image of a basin with water and numbers from 30 to 90 indicates the permission to wash at a certain temperature, which, in fact, is indicated.
• The image of a basin with water and a hand inside indicates that you need to wash it manually.

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Bleaching or stain removal

Probably many of you wondered what the triangle on the clothes tag means. A triangle is one of the signs of whitening, which shows what type of whitening you can apply to this thing. Sometimes it is decorated with inscriptions, and sometimes the triangle on the clothes is crossed out.

Let's take a closer look at the possible options, so:

• A triangle on the tag indicates that this item can be bleached.
• Triangle with the inscription inside GL - chlorine bleaches can be used.
• Triangle with stripes - only oxygen bleaches can be used.

Important! A crossed triangle on clothing means that whitening with any bleach is strictly prohibited.

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Ironing

This group of symbols displays ironing methods, the main one being the iron pattern. Additions may be as follows:

• Iron on the label - this item can be ironed.
• An iron with one, two or three points shows at what temperature you can iron: one point at 110 degrees, two points at 150 degrees, three points at 200 degrees.
• An iron with a steam icon crossed out below indicates that this item must not be steamed.

Important! A crossed out iron is a sign that ironing is not allowed at all.

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Dry cleaning

Dry cleaning is another common way to take care of your wardrobe items. It is indicated by a circle with different signs inside it.

Frequent marking:

• Circle - dry cleaning is possible.
• The letter A in the circle indicates that any dry cleaning is allowed.
• Letter P in a circle - dry cleaning using hydrocarbon, chlorethylene, as well as solvent-based cleaners are allowed.
• The letter P in the underlined circle indicates that gentle dry cleaning using chlorine ethylene, monoflotrichloromethane, and hydrocarbon is acceptable.
• The letter F in the circle allows dry cleaning using hydrocarbon, monoflotrichloromethane, but it is strictly forbidden to use solvent-based cleaners.
• Letter W in a circle - wet dry cleaning is possible without restrictions.
• The letter W in a circle underlined by one line allows only delicate dry cleaning with reduced mechanical stress.
• 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! The crossed out circle is a sign that dry cleaning is generally unacceptable.

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Spin and Dry

The following group of signs is devoted to spinning and describes its features, the main sign is a circle inscribed in a square:

• A circle squared without any additions - you can calmly squeeze a thing out without fear that it will lose its appearance.
• A circle in a square with a horizontal line from the bottom - only manual or delicate spinning is permissible.
• A circle in a square with two horizontal lines at the bottom indicates only gentle manual spin.
• A circle in a square with one dot in the center allows machine drying at low temperature.
• A circle in a square with two points in the center allows you to stitch this thing at medium temperature, that is, in normal drying mode.

Important! The crossed out circle in a square - this thing cannot be dried and squeezed.

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We examined all the signs that may appear on the tag of your new clothes. If you are careful and study the label before you cut it, your things will serve you faithfully for a long time.