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
textiles)
Do not tumble dry
Ironing
Very hot
Hot
Warm
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.
– With half loads you can select the
Auto load control
Extra.
– Select an appropriate drying level,
e.g. . . .
. . .
if you want to fold and
put away the laundry after you take it
out of the dryer.. . .
Machine iron
if
the laundry, e.g. table linen, requires
further processing after drying.
– Down-filled garments have linings
which have a tendency to shrink,
depending on the quality of the item.
They can be partially dried using the
Gentle smoothing
programme.
– Pure linen should only be machine
dried if specified as suitable by the
manufacturer on the care label, as
the surface of the fabric may
otherwise become rough. It can be
partially dried using the
Gentle
smoothing
programme.
– 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.
– Loopknit garments (e.g. T-shirts and
underwear) tend to shrink depending
on their quality. Do not overdry these
textiles. When purchasing these
garments, it is advisable to take their
shrinkage properties into account.
– Select the
Gentle tumble
Extra for
fabric which is particularly heat-
sensitive or susceptible to creasing.
