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2. Laundry symbol - Wikipedia

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   A laundry symbol, also called a care symbol, is a pictogram indicating the manufacturer's suggestions as to methods of washing, drying, dry-cleaning and ironing clothing. Such symbols are written on labels, known as care labels or care tags , attached to clothing to indicate how a particular item should best be cleaned.

3. A Guide to Laundry Symbols: Find Out What Those Washing ...

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   The post A Guide to Laundry Symbols: Find Out What Those Washing Symbols Mean appeared first on Taste of Home. ... Empty triangle: You can use any type of bleach. Triangle with two lines through ...

4. Hot, cold, or hand-wash? Here's what those laundry symbols on ...

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   Washing. Washing is indicated by the symbol that looks like a cup, basin, or "tub." When it comes to machine washing, your options are machine wash (the tub symbol with a curvy line to indicate ...

5. Bleach - Wikipedia

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   According to 2013 Home Hygiene and Health report, [16] using bleach, whether chlorine- or peroxide-based, significantly increases germicidal efficiency of laundry even at low temperatures (30-40 degrees Celsius), which makes it possible to eliminate viruses, bacteria, and fungi from a variety of clothing in a home setting.

6. Laundry detergent - Wikipedia

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   The development of bleach activators in the 1970s and 1980s allowed for cooler washing temperatures to be effective. These compounds, such as tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), react with hydrogen peroxide to produce peracetic acid , which is an even more effective bleach, particularly at lower temperatures.

7. Posser - Wikipedia

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   A posser, ponch, washing dolly or a poss stick was historically a tool used for possing laundry by pumping the posser up and down on the laundry in the dolly tub or directly in the copper, or mixing laundry while hand washing it. Possers come in various forms; there is usually a vertical pole with a handle bar at the top but the base can be ...

8. A Guide to Laundry Symbols: Find Out What Those Washing ...

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   The post A Guide to Laundry Symbols: Find Out What Those Washing Symbols Mean appeared first on Reader's Digest. ... No bleach should be used at all. Laundry symbols for how to dry clothes.

9. Talk:Laundry symbol - Wikipedia

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   Aren't the US wash symbols a tub with 1, 2, or 3 dots - meaning cold, warm, and hot wash, respectively? They are not shown in the article. 75.36.222.28 08:48, 7 January 2012 (UTC) There aren't any suitable images at commons:Category:Laundry symbols, so someone will need to make them first.