The care instruction symbols shall be in the following order:

 

Wash =

WASH

BLEACH

DRY

IRON
 
Wash
Do Not Dryclean
=

WASH

BLEACH

DRY

IRON

DRYCLEAN
Wash or
Dryclean
=

WASH

BLEACH

DRY

IRON

DRYCLEAN
Dryclean =

DRYCLEAN
       
Dryclean
Do Not Wash
=

DRYCLEAN

WASH

BLEACH

DRY

IRON
Examples of care instructions

 

= Machine wash, Warm
Permanent press
= Only non-chlorine bleach
when needed
= Tumble dry, low
Permanent press
= Steam iron, medium
= Drylean, short cycle
Any solvent
* This chart illustrates care symbols accepted by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a conditional exemption to the FTC Care Labeling Rule (16 CFR 423). This chart is referenced from ASTM D5489-96c, Fig. 2, Guide to Order of Commercial and Home Laundering and Drycleaning Symbols.