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Care Labels: Your Guide to Easy Care

Care labels provide helpful information that can save you time and money.

Cleaner, fresher clothes means longer-wearing apparel. And clothes that are bleachable are easier to get clean.

When a care label doesn’t mention bleach or says "Bleach when needed," it means it is safe to use Clorox liquid bleach. When the label says "Non-chlorine bleach when needed" use a non-chlorine (color-safe) bleach like Clorox 2®.

Because clothes can be mislabeled, follow the easy directions on bleach container labels to test fabrics for colorfastness.

Wash

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	Machine wash, Normal	Garment may be laundered through the use of hottest available water, detergent or soap, agitation, and a machine designed for this purpose
	Machine wash, Cold	Initial water temperature should not exceed 30C or 65 to 85F
	Machine wash, Warm	Initial water temperature should not exceed 40C or 105F
	Machine wash, Hot	Initial water temperature should not exceed 50C or 120F
	Machine wash, Hot	Initial water temperature should not exceed 60C or 140F
	Machine wash, Hot	Initial water temperature should not exceed 70C or 160F
	Machine wash, Hot	Initial water temperature should not exceed 95C or 200F

NOTE: System of dots indicating temperature range is the same for all wash procedures

	Machine wash, Permanent Press	Garment may be machine laundered only on the setting designed to preserve Permanent Press with cool down
	Machine wash, Gentle or Delicate	Garment may be machine laundered only on the setting designed for gentle agitation and/or reduced time for delicate items
	Hand Wash	Garment may be laundered through the use of water, detergent or soap and gentle hand manipulation
	Do Not Wash	Garment may not be safely laundered by any process. Normally accompanied by Dry Clean washing_instructions

Bleach

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NOTE: All (98+%) washable textiles are safe in some type of bleach. IF BLEACH IS NOT MENTIONED OR REPRESENTED BY A SYMBOL, ANY BLEACH MAY BE USED.

	Bleach when needed	Any commercially available bleach product may be used in the laundering process
	Non-Chlorine Bleach when needed	Only a non-chlorine, color-safe bleach may be used in the laundering process. Chlorine bleach may not be used
	Do Not Bleach	No bleach product may be used. The garment is not colorfast or structurally able to withstand any bleach

Dry

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	Tumble Dry, Normal	A machine dryer may be regularly used at the hottest available temperature setting.
	Tumble Dry, Normal, Low Heat	A machine dryer may be regularly used at a maximum of Low Heat setting.
	Tumble Dry, Normal, Medium Heat	A machine dryer may be regularly used at a maximum of Medium Heat setting.
	Tumble Dry, Normal, High Heat	A machine dryer may be regularly used at a High Heat setting.
	Tumble Dry, Normal, No Heat	A machine dryer may be regularly used only at No Heat or Air Only setting.

NOTE: System of dots indicating temperature range is the same for all dry procedures

	Tumble Dry, Permanent Press	A machine dryer may be regularly used only at the Permanent Press setting
	Tumble Dry, Gentle	A machine dryer may be regularly used only at the Gentle setting
	Do Not Tumble Dry	A machine dryer may not be used. Usually accompanied by an alternate drying method symbol
	Do Not Dry	A machine dryer may not be used. Usually accompanied by an alternate drying method symbol
	Line Dry	Hang damp garment from line or bar, in or out doors
	Drip Dry	Hang dripping wet garment from line or bar, in or out doors, without hand shaping or smoothing
	Dry Flat	Lay out horizontally for drying
	Dry in shade	Usually added to Line or Drip Dry. Dry away from direct sunlight

Wring

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	Do not wring.	Do not wring

Iron

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	Iron, Any Temperature Steam or Dry	Regular ironing may be needed and may be performed at any available temperature with or without steam is acceptable
	Iron, Low	Regular ironing, steam or dry, may be performed at Low setting (110C, 230F) only
	Iron, Medium	Regular ironing, steam or dry, may be performed at Medium setting (150C, 300F)
	Iron, High	Regular ironing, steam or dry, may be performed at High setting (200C, 290F)

NOTE: System of dots indicating temperature range is the same for all dry procedures

	Do Not Steam	Steam ironing will harm garment, but regular dry ironing at indicated temperature setting is acceptable
	Do Not Iron	Item may not be smoothed or finished with an iron

Dry Clean

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	Dry clean	Dry Clean, any solvent, any cycle any moisture, any heat
	Dryclean, Any Solvent	Dry Clean, any solvent. Usually used with other restrictions on proper dry cleaning procedure
	Dryclean, Petroleum Solvent Only	Dry Clean using only petroleum solvent. Usually used with other restrictions
	Dryclean, Any Solvent Except Trichloroethylene	Dryclean, Any Solvent Except Trichloroethylene Any dry cleaning solvent other than trichloroethylene may be safely used
	Dryclean, Short Cycle	May be used with A, P, or F solvent restriction
	Dryclean, Reduced Moisture	May be used with A, P, or F solvent restriction
	Dryclean, Low Heat	May be used with A, P, or F solvent restriction
	Dryclean, No Steam	May be used with A, P, or F solvent restriction