1. WASH
The symbol for washing the laundry tub. Is he crossed, do not wash the garment. Is it not crossed, you find at its center is usually the value for the maximum allowable temperature that you can adjust to your washing machine. Located below the tub, another bar, so you can treat only the clothes in gentle wash program. The clothes must be washed only with a medium speed setting: the gentle cycle as easy-care or delicate wash, reduced amounts of laundry, not spinning or only briefly at low speed. In two strokes very gentle treatment is required. In this case, you waive best on the spin cycle and the drum make only a third full. Is a hand illustrated in the tub, so this means hand wash at a maximum of 40 °C. Because of severe contamination with hand washing is difficult to get at, you give your best lingerie in the professional dry cleaning.

 DO NOT WASH
Your garment can not be washed, but dry-cleaned.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: mixed fabrics, cotton, delicate fabrics with the "care symbol"
Pollution: normal soiled

 HAND WASH
Your laundry may be washed by hand up to 40 °C.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: Power / transparent mixed fabrics, synthetic, wet look fabric, hand washable woollens and delicate fabrics with hand washing "care symbol"
Pollution: normal soiled

 60 °C NORMAL
Your laundry may be washed in the normal cycle (up to) 60 °C.
Laundry Type: White (white linen) & Cottons Material Type: colorfast cotton
Pollution: normal / very dirty

 30 °C FRIENDLY WASH
Your laundry may be washed on a gentle cycle (here) 30 °C.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: fine linen, synthetic, wet look fabric, blended fabric, for example, acrylic, viscose or polyester, etc.
Pollution: normal soiled

 40 °C FRIENDLY WASH
Your laundry may be washed on a gentle cycle (here) 40 ° C.
Laundry Type: mostly white (single pieces as Coloureds)
Material Type: fine linen as acrylic, viscose or polyester, jeans, mixed fabrics etc.
Pollution: normal soiled

 40 °C WOOL WASH
Your laundry may be washed in wool wash cycle (here) 40 °C.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: Leather, Machine washable wool, hand washable woollens and delicate fabrics with hand washing "care symbol"
Pollution: normal soiled

2. IRON
There are the stylized iron. The number of dots in the iron indicates the respective acceptable temperature level, as it should again be found on your iron in the rule. A point is 110 °C, 150 °C and two points of the three points 200 °C. Is the iron symbol is crossed, do not iron.

 DO NOT IRON
Your garment can not be ironed.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: fine linen, synthetic, wet look fabric, blended fabric, for example, acrylic, viscose or polyester, etc.

 WARM IRON
Your garment can be ironed to 110 °C and without steam.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: Cotton, Delicates

 NORMAL IRON
Your garment may be moderately hot ironed to 150 °C.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: cotton, blended fabrics

 HOT IRON
Your laundry may be hot ironed to 200 °C. Your garment may be moderately hot ironed to 150 °C.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: Cotton

3. DRYER
The square with the enclosed circle is the symbol for the dryer. The number of points included therein are at the level at which the garment should be dried. This means two points a normal drying and a point a reduced drying. If the icon is crossed out, the garment can not be dried.

 NO DRYER
Your garment should not be tumble dried.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: fine linen, synthetic, wet look fabric, blended fabric, for example, acrylic, viscose or polyester, etc.

 GENTLE DRYER
Your laundry can be dried with a soft program of the dryer. Your garment may be moderately hot ironed to 150 °C.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: cotton, blended fabrics

 DRYER
Your laundry can be dried in the dryer normal.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: Cotton

4. BLEACH
This is a triangle. If the triangle crossed out, so you should better not bleach the garment, as the substance may cause damage. Located in the triangle two lines, so you should use oxygen for bleaching. Chlorine can be used if the letters CL are registered in the triangle. For environmental reasons, however, you should better avoid the use of chlorine. It has also been home usually no anti chlorine, so that the chlorine despite rinsing continue feeding on the tissue. This medium can lead to holes in the fabric.

 NOT BLEACH
Your garment must not be treated with bleach. Washing with color detergent
Laundry Type: Machine wash
Material Type: cotton, wool, fine linen, synthetic, wet look fabric, blended fabric, for example, acrylic, viscose or polyester, etc.

 BLEACH
Your garment may be treated with chlorine and oxygen bleach. e.g. Universal detergent
Laundry Type: White
Material Type: cotton, fine linen with the "care symbol"

 CHLORINE BLEACH
Your laundry can be treated only with chlorine bleach.
Laundry Type: White
Material Type: cotton, fine linen with the "care symbol"

 OXYGEN BLEACH
Your garment may be treated with oxygen bleach.
Laundry Type: White
Material Type: cotton, fine linen with the "care symbol"

5. PROFESSIONAL CLEANING
Find the label on your clothes a circle with a letter in it, you should give in the professional dry cleaning. The letter then says to those skilled in which environmental and textile-friendly methods are best for optimal cleaning effectiveness. The letter "P" or "F" in a circle stand for the various solvents which can be used for professional dry cleaning. "P" stands for the cleaning agent perchlorethylene, the "F" (originally for the previously used, have been banned since the 1980s, chlorofluorocarbons substances, especially CFCs 113) for hydrocarbon - solvent.

 DO NOT DRY
Your laundry should not be dry cleaned.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: leather, wool, fine linen, synthetic, wet look fabric with the "care symbol"

 CLEANING
Your laundry can be cleaned in a cleaning.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: the "care symbol"

 F - CLEANING
Your garment may be cleaned in the cleaning with hydrocarbon solvents.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: the "care symbol"

 P - CLEANING
Your garment may be cleaned in the cleaning with perchlorethylene.
Laundry Type: White & colored wash
Material Type: the "care symbol"