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Laundry symbols printable cheat sheet

October 29, 2026 · Last verified: October 2026

No PDF to download and no email to hand over: press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on a Mac) on this page and the sheet below prints on a single A4/Letter page. Menus, ads and buttons are removed automatically by the print stylesheet — only the cheat sheet goes on paper.

What's on the sheet

The 24 symbols that cover virtually every real care label: wash temperatures and bars, hand wash, the three bleach triangles, dryer dots, natural drying, iron dots and the dry-clean letters. Meanings verified against GINETEX's published definitions.

LaundryCode — laundry symbols cheat sheet · based on ISO 3758 / GINETEX · laundrycode.example

Washing

30 °CMax water temp — normal cycle

30 °C, 1 barMilder, gentle cycle

40 °CMax water temp — coloured wash

40 °C, 1 barEasy-care / gentle

40 °C, 2 barsVery mild — wool cycle

60 °CTowels, bedding, cottons

95 °CBoil wash — sturdy whites

Hand washMax 40 °C, no machine

Do not washProfessional care only

Bleaching

TriangleAny bleach allowed

Two linesOxygen bleach only

CrossedDo not bleach

Drying

1 dotTumble low, ≈60 °C

2 dotsTumble normal, ≈80 °C

CrossedDo not tumble dry

Vertical lineLine dry

Horizontal lineDry flat

Corner diagonalDry in shade

Ironing

1 dotLow, ≈110–120 °C

2 dotsMedium, ≈150–160 °C

3 dotsHigh, ≈200–210 °C

CrossedDo not iron

Professional care

PDry clean: PCE solvents

FDry clean: petroleum only

WProfessional wet clean

Bar under circleMilder cleaning process

CrossedDo not dry clean

Three rules that cover everything

Numbers = maximum °C; dots = heat level; bars = be gentler; a cross = never.
When two symbols disagree, follow the strictest one.
"Do not" symbols are absolute — everything else is a maximum, not a target.

Printing tips

In the print dialog, enable Background graphics if the sheet looks pale — though it is designed to work without it (black on white).
The sheet fits one page at default scale on A4 and US Letter; if your printer scales oddly, choose "Fit to page".
Laminate it or tape it inside a cupboard door — it survives splashes better.

Want the full reference instead? See the complete explained chart or look symbols up one at a time in the decoder.

Sources

GINETEX — Care symbols (owner of the ISO 3758 care labelling system). Accessed October 2026.
Maytag — laundry symbols guide (US dot-system variants). Accessed October 2026.

The care-labelling system is based on ISO 3758 / the GINETEX care labelling system; GINETEX owns the standard and its official symbols are protected trademarks. The glyphs printed here are LaundryCode's own simplified drawings.