WHEN washing clothes, it’s tempting to claim that ignorance is bliss, and disregard the confounding laundry symbols on the care tag. But once you know the secret code, those symbols are easy to ...

And do you even know what any of the others actually mean? In fact, people are so bemused about the meaning of some of the pictures that the search term ‘what do laundry labels mean‘ has received a ...

Some clothes can – or must – be dry cleaned. A circle means the garment is suitable for dry cleaning If there’s a letter inside the circle, it tells the dry cleaner which chemical wash and method to ...

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WHEN washing clothes, it's tempting to claim that ignorance is bliss, and disregard the confounding laundry symbols on the care tag. But once you know the secret code, those symbols are easy to ...

With over six years of product testing experience, Rebecca knows exactly which laundry appliances will cut the mustard - or hopefully just remove it. Washing labels aren't always the most ...

People ruin £15,000 worth of clothes in a lifetime by not checking labels before they go in the wash, suggests a new study. Researchers found less than one per cent of men surveyed could correctly ...

Doing the washing might seem a fairly straightforward task, but it leaves many of us in a state of confusion. In fact, new data shows three-quarters of Brits (74 per cent) don't fully understand the ...

There’s no denying that the invention of the washing machine has made doing laundry a far easier and less intensive chore. All we have to do is throw our clothes inside, add some detergent, press some ...