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At a minimum, laundering instructions include, in order, four symbols: washing, bleaching, drying, and ironing. Dry cleaning instructions include one symbol. Additional symbols or words or both may be used to clarify the instructions. The water temperatures listed are provided as a guideline. Actual water temperatures obtained in the home depend on the washing machine settings (hot, warm, cold), regional water supply temperatures, and water heating settings.

Machine Wash Cycle
Icons:	What it means:
	Regular/Normal Cycle with regular agitation and spin speed may be used.
	Use Permanent Press/Wrinkle Resistant washer setting (which has a cool down or cold spray before the reduced spin).
	Use Gentle/Delicate washer setting (slow agitation and/or reduced wash time).
	Hand wash only.
	Do not wash.
	Do not wring by hand or use rollers on wringer washer. Hang dry, drip dry or dry flat.

Water Temperature
Icons:	What it means:
	Maximum water temperature 200 F/95 C.
	Maximum water temperature 160 F/70 C.
	Maximum water temperature 140 F/60 C.
	Maximum water temperature 120 F/50 C.
	Maximum water temperature 105 F/40 C.
	Maximum water temperature 85 F/30 C.

Tumble Dry Cycle
Icons:	What it means:
	Machine dry.
	Use Normal Cycle setting.
	Use Permanent Press/Wrinkle Resistant Cycle setting.
	Use Gentle/Delicate Cycle setting.
	Do not tumble dry.

Heat Setting
Icons:	What it means:
	Set dryer at any heat.
	Set dryer at High heat.
	Set dryer at Medium heat.
	Set dryer at Low heat.
	No heat/air.
	Do not dry (used with do not wash).

Special Instructions
Icons:	What it means:
	Line dry/hang to dry - hang damp from line or bar and allow to dry.
	Drip dry - hang wet on plastic hanger and allow to dry with hand shaping only.
	Dry flat - lay garment on flat surface.
	Dry in the shade.

Bleach Symbols
Icons:	What it means:
	Use any bleach (when needed).
	Use only non-chlorine bleach (when needed).
	Do not bleach.

Iron - Dry or Steam
Icons:	What it means:
	Iron - Ironing is needed.
	Iron using High temperature setting.
	Iron using Medium temperature setting.
	Iron using Low temperature setting.
	Do not iron or press with heat.
	No steam - iron without using steam.

Dryclean - Normal Cycle
Icons:	What it means:
	Dryclean.
	Dryclean using any solvent.
	Dryclean using any solvent except trichloroethylene.
	Dryclean using Petroleum solvent only.
	Do not dryclean.

Special Dryclean Instructions
Icons:	What it means:
	Low heat.
	Short cycle.
	Reduce moisture.
	No steam finishing.