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PRINTABLE LAUNDRY SYMBOLS CHART

Created On: May 17, 2022  |  Updated: March 19, 2023  |   2 Comments

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Become a laundry expert by learning what your clothing labels mean. Download this free printable laundry symbols chart and have it handy by your washing machine. via @brookeberry

Not sure if you need to hand wash or what type of bleach to use? Save your clothing by reading clothing tag symbols – made easy with this free printable laundry symbols chart!

If you want your clothing to look brand new for a long time you will need to learn proper laundry care. The best way to care for your clothing is to learn how to read laundry symbols. While those symbols may look like hieroglyphics, I promise you won’t need to memorize any symbols or learn a new language. Just download and print my free printable laundry symbols chart. Keep it handy in a cabinet or on display in your laundry room for easy reference.

clothing label with wash instructions

How To Read Laundry Symbols

Every item of clothing will have a label with care instructions. Rather than written directions, they use common symbols to explain how to properly care for that item. There are some international standards of laundry instruction, but each region may have its own unique variations. Typically the United States and Canada are the same.

Want to avoid buying any clothing that requires a dry cleaner? Don’t want to ruin a special or fragile garment? This is where laundry care symbols save the day.

Comprehensive Guide To Laundry Symbols

There are 5 basic laundry or washing symbol that you will see on your clothing label (and the laundry symbols guide). They always appear in the same order, from left to right Washing, Bleaching, Ironing, Dry Cleaning, and Drying. The washing machine symbol appears as a bucket of water. Triangle for bleaching, iron icon means ironing guide, circle for dry cleaning instructions, and square for drying instructions.

  • Any dots within the symbols will be a guide to temperature, typically water temperature or ironing. More dots mean a higher temperature – one dot for cold water, two for warm, three for hot, etc.
  • A horizontal line underneath a laundry symbol indicates additional information.

Do you know what fabric cleaning code s means?

Washing Instruction Symbols

washing symbols that would typically appear on clothing. Machine wash, machine wash gentle cycle, hand wash, do not wash, and short cycle.

Washing Methods

  • Machine Washable
  • Hand Washing
  • Do Not Wash
  • Dry Clean Only / Professional cleaner
  • Do Not Dry Clean

Washing Temperatures

  • Wash cold water
  • Wash warm water
  • Wash hot water

Washing Cycle

  • Normal Cycle
  • Permanent Press Cycle
  • Delicate/Gentle Cycle

What difference does temperature make when washing clothes? Higher temperatures kill germs (which helps with smells) and help remove heavy spills. Too high of heat can shrink clothing, so you want to use the warmest temperature your clothing items call for. The permanent press cycle helps to reduce wrinkles which means less ironing.

Looking for a jump start on spring cleaning? Check out this free printable home decluttering checklist!

Drying Symbols

clothing care symbols for drying that would typically appear on clothing.

Drying Methods

  • Tumble Drying Allowed
  • Do Not Tumble Dry
  • Hang To Dry
  • Dry Flat
  • Do Not Wring

Drying Temperatures

  • Any Heat
  • High Heat
  • Medium Heat
  • Low Heat
  • No Heat/Air

Drying Cycle

  • Normal Cycle
  • Permanent Press Cycle
  • Delicate/Gentle Cycle

Bleaching Laundry Symbols

clothing care treatment symbols that would typically appear on clothing.
  • Bleaching Allowed
  • Do Not Bleach
  • Use Non-Chlorine Bleach

Ironing Symbols

  • Iron Low
  • Iron Medium
  • Iron High
  • Do Not Iron
  • No Steam Added To Iron

Synthetic fabrics can melt under a higher temperature of iron – I learned that the hard way! Wool and silk can be ironed, but can’t use steam. Your household iron should have temperature settings listed for the most common fabrics.

Dry Cleaning Symbols

  • Dry clean only
  • Do not dry clean

Laundry Detergent

There aren’t a lot of care tags that have basic symbols or instructions for detergents. New detergents are available in a cold water option, which is great for most clothing types.

a laundry symbol guide printed out and clipped to a clipboard for easy reference

FREE LAUNDRY ROOM DECOR

Not only is this handy laundry symbol guide so helpful, but it could also double as laundry room art! It could be framed, clipped into a clipboard, or laminated and taped to a wall or inside a cupboard.

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