
UNDERSTANDING THE SYMBOLS ON CLOTHES LABELS
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Before drying pay attention to the symbols on the apparel label.
Before drying pay attention to the symbols on the apparel label.
Failure to follow the symbol instructions may damage or destroy clothes to be dried.
The symbols are explained in the following table:
Dry
Normal
Do not tumble dry Do not dry
Line dry/hang
to dry
Drip dry
Dry flat
Dry in the shade
Dry clean
Do not dry clean
Dry clean normal
cycle with any
solvent
Dry clean normal
cycle petro-
leum solvent only