NF EN ISO 3758

NF EN ISO 3758

May 2012
Standard Cancelled

Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols

ISO 3758:2012 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. ISO 3758:2012 applies to all textile articles in the form in which they are supplied to the end user.

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National standards and national normative documents

Publication date

May 2012

Number of pages

32 p.

Reference

NF EN ISO 3758

ICS Codes

61.020   Clothes

Classification index

G08-004

Print number

1 - 16/05/2012

International kinship

European kinship

EN ISO 3758:2012
Sumary
Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols

ISO 3758:2012 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.

ISO 3758:2012 applies to all textile articles in the form in which they are supplied to the end user.

Replaced standards (1)
NF EN ISO 3758
August 2005
Standard Cancelled
Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols

<p>ISO 3758:2005</p> <ul><li>establishes a system of graphic symbols, intended for use in the marking of textile articles, providing information to prevent irreversible damage to the article during the textile care process;</li><li>specifies the use of these symbols in care labelling.</li></ul> <p>The following domestic treatments are covered: washing, bleaching, drying, ironing, and drying after washing. 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 four domestic symbols will also be of assistance to the professional cleaner and launderer. </p> <p>The standard applies to all textile articles in the form in which they are supplied to the end user.</p>

Standard replaced by (1)
NF EN ISO 3758
December 2023
Standard Current
Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols

<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document establishes a system of graphic symbols, intended for use in the marking of textile articles, and for providing information on the most severe treatments that do not cause irreversible damage to the article during the textile care process, and specifies the use of these symbols in care labelling.</span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document is applicable to all textile articles, except:</span></p> <p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">     </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">non-removable covers of upholstered furniture;</span></p> <p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">     </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">non-removable covers of mattresses;</span></p> <p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">     </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">carpets and rugs which require professional carpet cleaning.</span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">These products are excluded due to specific cleaning processes not specified in this document.</span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">The graphical symbols described in this document are intended to give care information to the end user.</span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">The following domestic treatments are covered: washing, bleaching, drying and ironing. Professional textile care treatments in dry and wet cleaning, but excluding industrial laundering and professional carpet cleaning, 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.</span></p> <p class="Note"><span lang="EN-GB">NOTE<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">            </span>Symbols for industrial laundering can be found in ISO 30023.</span></p>

Table of contents
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  • Avant-propos
    iv
  • Introduction
    v
  • 1 Domaine d'application
    1
  • 2 Termes et définitions
    1
  • 3 Description et définition des symboles
    3
  • 3.1 Symboles
    3
  • 3.2 Lavage
    5
  • 3.3 Blanchiment
    7
  • 3.4 Séchage
    7
  • 3.5 Repassage et pressage
    8
  • 3.6 Nettoyage par un professionnel
    9
  • 4 Application et emploi des symboles
    10
  • 4.1 Application des symboles
    10
  • 4.2 Caractéristiques et méthodes d'essai pour le choix des symboles appropriés
    10
  • 4.3 Emploi des symboles
    10
  • Annexe A (informative) Caractéristiques et méthodes d'essai pour choisir correctement les symboles d'entretien
    11
  • Annexe B (informative) Pratiques nationales et régionales d'étiquetage d'entretien
    16
  • Annexe C (informative) Exemples de mentions complémentaires
    20
  • Bibliographie
    21
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