Laundry SymbolsWhat the shapes on a care label mean, grouped by the machine they refer to.Practical skillsEach basic shape names a process. Dots mean temperature, bars meangentleness, a cross means do not.The five shapesTub of water — washingTriangle — bleachingSquare — dryingIron — ironingCircle — dry cleaningWashing1 dot 30°C · 2 dots 40°C · 3 dots 60°COne bar under the tub — reduced agitationTwo bars — very gentleHand in the tub — hand wash onlyDryingCircle in a square — tumble dry1 dot low heat · 2 dots normalSquare with a line — line drySquare with three lines — drip drySquare with a horizontal line — dry flatIroning1 dot — up to 110°C, synthetics2 dots — up to 150°C, wool3 dots — up to 200°C, cotton and linenCrossed lines under it — no steamA cross through any symbol means do not. That is the one to check firston anything you care about.Laundry Symbolslearnposters.com
Laundry Symbols — printable life skills wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Laundry Symbols poster

18 entries in 4 groups.

Each basic shape names a process. Dots mean temperature, bars mean gentleness, a cross means do not.

A cross through any symbol means do not. That is the one to check first on anything you care about.

Questions about the Laundry Symbols poster

What’s on the Laundry Symbols poster?
18 entries in 4 groups. Each basic shape names a process. Dots mean temperature, bars mean gentleness, a cross means do not. The five shapes: Tub of water — washing, Triangle — bleaching, Square — drying, Iron…; Washing: 1 dot 30°C · 2 dots 40°C · 3 dots 60°C, One bar under the tub — reduced agit…; Drying: Circle in a square — tumble dry, 1 dot low heat · 2 dots normal, Square with…; Ironing: 1 dot — up to 110°C, synthetics, 2 dots — up to 150°C, wool, 3 dots — up to…. A cross through any symbol means do not. That is the one to check first on anything you care about.
Who is the Laundry Symbols poster for?
Laundry Symbols belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning home can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Laundry Symbols poster?
Five shapes, one meaning each. Once you know the shapes, the dots and bars are just detail. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Laundry Symbols belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Laundry Symbols?
Cleaning a Room, Cleaning Products and Decluttering sit alongside Laundry Symbols in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Cleaning a RoomCleaning ProductsDecluttering
Is the Laundry Symbols poster free to download and print?
Yes. Laundry Symbols downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Laundry Symbols poster print at?
Laundry Symbols is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Laundry Symbols loses nothing.Printing guide

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