1. Notes on correct laundry care
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Garment care label symbols
Drying
Normal/higher temperature
Reduced temperature: select
Gentle tumble
(for delicate fabrics)
Do not tumble dry
Ironing
Hot iron
Warm iron
Cool iron
Do not iron
Laundry care when drying in a
tumble dryer
See the "Programme chart".
This describes the programmes and
gives their maximum load.
– Load according to the optimum
amount of laundry recommended for
the programme being used.
Underloading is uneconomical.
Overloading gives a poorer quality of
drying and may cause unnecessary
creasing.
– Select an appropriate drying level,
e.g. . . .
. . .
Normal
, if you want to fold and
put away the laundry after you take it
out of the dryer.
. . .
Machine iron
, if you intend to
process the laundry further after
drying, e.g. ironing.
– You should only tumble dry pure linen
if it is specified as suitable by the
manufacturer on the care label, as the
surface of the fabric may otherwise
become rough.
– Woollens and wool blends tend to
become matted and shrink if dried in
a tumble dryer. They can, however,
be "fluffed up" in the
Woollens
handcare
programme.
– Loop-knit garments (e.g. T-shirts and
underwear) tend to shrink on their
first wash. Therefore, to prevent
further shrinking, do not over-dry
these fabrics. When purchasing these
garments it is advisable to take their
shrinkage properties into account.
– With fabrics that are particularly heat-
sensitive or susceptible to creasing,
reduce the drying load and select
Gentle tumble
.
