Understanding Care Labels with Ease

Care labels are found on clothing and textiles. They are there to inform the public how to care for the products.

In Australia, these care labels should be permanently attached to the clothing or textile, written in English and appropriate for them.

There are so many signs and symbols following the clothing or textile that it might be confusing at times.

Here are simple ways for you to understand the common symbols.

Washing

A bucket with water means the garment should be washed. Variations as per below. Synthetics wash are sometimes known as permanent press textile.

Triangle symbols represents bleaching, use only on white textiles when necessary to reduce damage.

Circle in a box represents tumble dry. Without the circle, it represents air or natural drying.

The iron symbol represents ironing and instructions on temperatures and if it’s safe to iron.

Circle with words in them represents dry cleaning. The words are for professional use so your dry cleaners will understand which solvent to use.

That covers the basics on understanding care labels. For more information, check out our label resource website below or chat with us on Facebook.

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