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The care instruction symbols shall be in the following order:

Wash =
WASH

BLEACH

DRY

IRON
 
Wash
Do Not Dryclean
=
WASH

BLEACH

DRY

IRON

DRYCLEAN
Wash or
Dryclean
=
WASH

BLEACH

DRY

IRON

DRYCLEAN
Dryclean =
DRYCLEAN
       
Dryclean
Do Not Wash
=
DRYCLEAN

WASH

BLEACH

DRY

IRON

Examples of care instructions

= Machine wash, Warm
Permanent press
= Only non-chlorine bleach
when needed
= Tumble dry, low
Permanent press
= Steam iron, medium
= Drylean, short cycle
Any solvent

* This chart illustrates care symbols accepted by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a conditional exemption to the FTC Care Labeling Rule (16 CFR 423). This chart is referenced from ASTM D5489-96c, Fig. 2, Guide to Order of Commercial and Home Laundering and Drycleaning Symbols.

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American Society for Testing and Materials,
100 Barr Harbor Drive,
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959.


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