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Clothing Care Basics

This document provides guidelines for clothing care, including how to treat stains, methods for pressing and ironing clothes, proper storage techniques, and an overview of fabric care labels. It advises readers to treat stains quickly to prevent them from setting, and offers four stain treatment options: rinsing in cold water, soaking for 30 minutes, using diluted bleach on whites, or pre-treating with liquid detergent or a paste. The document also differentiates between light pressing and more thorough ironing, and warns against storing clothes in a crumpled or hanging manner. Finally, it notes that care labels are regulated and standardized, using dots to define washing water temperatures and symbols for other care instructions.

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Clothing Care Basics

This document provides guidelines for clothing care, including how to treat stains, methods for pressing and ironing clothes, proper storage techniques, and an overview of fabric care labels. It advises readers to treat stains quickly to prevent them from setting, and offers four stain treatment options: rinsing in cold water, soaking for 30 minutes, using diluted bleach on whites, or pre-treating with liquid detergent or a paste. The document also differentiates between light pressing and more thorough ironing, and warns against storing clothes in a crumpled or hanging manner. Finally, it notes that care labels are regulated and standardized, using dots to define washing water temperatures and symbols for other care instructions.

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Clothing Care

Basics
Chapter 14
Why Care for Clothes?
•Save time
 Organized, clean, in
good repair and
when you need money
them
•Last longer, if stains are dealt
with quickly
•Avoid dry-cleaning bills
Stains
DO NOT DO – 4 options
 Launder in hot water without  Rinse in cold water
treating stains  Soak for 30 minutes
 Can set the stain and make  Bleach – diluted, only for
it almost impossible to whites
remove  Pre-treat – liquid detergent or
paste on stain before
laundering

Other pre-treatment options


Prewash soil and
stain remover
Don’t use enzyme pre-soak wit h
wool or silk!
 protein-based fibers

An enzyme pre-soak for Chocolate,


blood, egg, meat juice, milk,
perspiration, grass, or other protein
stains
Pressing vs. Ironing
 Pressing is a light touch-up of a
garment, lifting and lowering the iron
lightly from one area to the next

 Ironing the whole garment is more


time consuming and involved
Putting Clothes Away

Avoid
This! And
This!

And
This!
Putting Clothes Away
 Put woven garments on hangers
Empty pockets, close
Use a wide hanger
zipper or top button
for jackets or
crease-prone items

Knitted garments
should be stored on a
shelf or drawer
Fabric Care Labels
 All garments must
include a care label
 Regulated by

 Not required on
socks and hosiery
Care

Codes
Care codes were standardized in 1997 due to
globalization of fashion production
Use of Dots For Defining Temperature of Water for
Tumble Dry Washing Symbol
Wash Symbol Definition Description

95°C Near boil

Do not wring 70°C Extremely hot


Bleach
60°C Very hot

Dry Flat 50°C Hot


Iron
40°C Warm

Line Dry
30°C Cool
Dry Clean
Homework:

Complete the worksheet on


stains and care codes

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