Almost all manufacturers face in their activities with the marking of clothing with care symbols. If the goods are produced for the domestic consumer, the symbols for the care of things are indicated taking into account the GOST. To date, there are two state standards. The first relates to clothes of mass production, and the second refers to the clothes of servicemen, officers of the FSB, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
For clothing that is exported, international symbols for the care of things are applied. After all, each country has its own standards, its designations, so the use of generally accepted designations simplifies the overall process of clothing production and its sending for sale to another state.
Symbols and their standards
Symbols for the care of textiles affect all stages of care. It also implies the chemical cleaning of clothes, and washing, ironing, and drying clothes. And for each individual type of product selected designations that strictly correspond to it.
It is also known that the size of each symbol should not be less than 8 mm. The paint, which is used for the application of the mark, must be in contrast to the color in which the base shade of the label is made. In other words, every detail of the symbol should be clearly seen by the consumer.
The distribution of symbols by the label is also regulated. And the order is as follows: the first sign is a sign indicating the washing of clothes, then - the possibility of bleaching , ironing, then you will notice the designation of dry cleaning and, finally, the symbol of drying the product.
But looking through the signs, you need to know that all the rules that they demonstrate refer to the material that is part of the basic composition of the product you purchase, which has the lowest index for thermal and chemical resistance.
What do the symbols mean?
If you look at the sign of washing, then know that the number on the sign means the temperature of the water. One line at the bottom of the sign tells about delicate washing, and the amount of laundry put into the washing machine should not exceed 2/3 of the nominal specified volume. As for the torsion of the drum, it will need to be reduced. The number of revolutions during spinning should also be reduced, and with manual spinning, it is necessary to act neatly.
Two horizontal lines indicate a particularly delicate approach to washing the product. And this means that the amount of linen in the machine should not exceed the nominal one by more than 1/3. The twisting moment for washing should be as much as possible lowered. And the spin time and the number of revolutions are brought to a minimum.
In the continuation of the deciphering of clothing care symbols, it should be noted that these two strips can mean that even if you spin manually, do it very carefully. Sometimes it is worth to abandon the process of push-up clothes.
On the label of clothing you can be hit by an abundance of signs, so that in this assortment do not get confused, carefully study the drawing.
Professional cleaning
Separately, let's talk about the professional cleaning of products, which is divided into dry and wet. This kind of processing of clothes is made only in specialized institutions. As for the laundry, it is not the same institution. Do not confuse these two concepts.
Symbols indicating certain characteristics of cleaning clothes in a specialized institution are as follows:
- "P" - Perchloroethylene, perchlorethylene (tetrachlorethylene);
- "F" - Flammable, flammable;
- "A" - Any, any;
- "W" - Wet, wet.
One horizontally arranged line will mean a delicate wash. It is also necessary to limit the humidity, temperature and mechanical effects on the product. Accordingly - two strips indicate a significant decrease in the described cleaning parameters. For more information on the meaning of the symbols for the care of clothes, see the figure.
