ISO 3758-2012 pdf download.Textiles一Care labelling code using symbols.
ISO 3758  establishes a system of graphic symbols, intended for use in the marking of textile articles, and for providing information on the most severe treatment that does not cause irreversible damage to the article during the textile care process, and
specifies the use of these symbols in care labelling.
The following domestic treatments are covered: washing, bleaching, drying and ironing. Professional textile care treatments in dry and wet cleaning, but excluding industrial laundering, are also covered. However, it is recognized that information imparted by the domestic symbols will also be of assistance to the professional cleaner and launderer.
NOTE Symbols for industrial laundering can be found in ISO 30023.
This International Standard applies to all textile articles in the form in wtiich they are supplied to the end user.
2 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
2.1 textile articles
yams, piece goods and madeup articles containing at least 80 % by mass textile material
2.2 washing
process designed to clean textile articles in an aqueous bath
NOTE Washing indudes all or some of the following operations in relevant combinations:
soaking. pre-washing and main washing — carried out usually with heating, mechanical action and in the presence of detergents or other products — and rinsing:
water extraction. i.e. spinning or wnnging performed duflng andlor at the end of the operations mentioned above. These operations may be camed out by machine or by hand.
2.3 bleaching
process carried out in an aqueous medium before, during or after washing. requiring the use of an oxidizing agent including either chlorine or oxygenlnon-chionne products, for the purpose of improving soil and stain removal and/or improving whiteness
2.3.1 chlorine bleach
agent that releases hypochlorite ions in solution, e.g. sodium hypochlorite
2.3.2 oxygen/non-chlorine bleach
agent that releases a peroxygen species in solution
NOTE Oxygen bleach products encompass a wide range of different activated and non-activated bleaching species which vary in their activity. A bleach activator is an agent that initiates bleaching to occur at lower washing temperatures.
2.4 drying
process carried out on textile articles after washing to remove residual water (o moisture)
2.4.1 tumble drying
process carried out on textile articles after washing and hydro-extracting, with the intention of removing residual water by treatment with hot air in a rotating drum
2.4.2  natural drying
process carried out on a textile article after washing, with the intention of removing residual water by line drying, or drip drying, or flat drying and, if appropriate, combined with drying in the shade
2.4.2.1 line drying
process carried out on a textile article after washing and hydro-extracting, with the intention of removing residual water by hanging on a line or hanger
2.4.2.2 flat drying
process carried out on a textile article after washing and hydro-extracting, with the intention of removing residual water by lying horizontal.ISO 3758 pdf download.