page_title: Dry cleaning
section_title: Symbols
hierarchical_section_title: Dry cleaning / Symbols
caption_attribution_description: From a pair of (allegedly Italian-made) shorts purchased in Huwei, Taiwan. You should wash it in cold water -- but dry clean only. It's not meant to be bleached -- or even bleeched -- but on the other hand, a low LRon bleach is okay. (I'm guessing a high LRon bleach would cause the fabric to become enturbulated with entheta.)
context_page_description: Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a chemical solvent rather than water. The solvent used is usually tetrachloroethylene. The solvent is called "perc" in the industry and "dry-cleaning fluid" by the public. It is often used instead of hand washing delicate fabrics. People use dry cleaning because it takes less work than hand washing.
context_section_description: People who make clothes have special symbols to say how they should be cleaned. The international GINETEX laundry symbol for dry cleaning is a circle. It may have a letter P inside to indicate perchloroethylene solvent, or a letter F inside to indicate a hydrocarbon solvent. A bar underneath the circle means that only mild cleaning processes should be used. A crossed-out empty circle means the clothes should not be dry cleaned.
caption: Laundry symbols state care instructions.
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