NF EN ISO 3758

NF EN ISO 3758

August 2005
Standard Cancelled

Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols

ISO 3758:2005 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;specifies the use of these symbols in care labelling. 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. The standard applies to all textile articles in the form in which they are supplied to the end user.

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Publication date

August 2005

Number of pages

34 p.

Reference

NF EN ISO 3758

ICS Codes

01.080.20   Graphical symbols for use on specific equipment
59.080.01   Textiles in general
61.020   Clothes
97.160   Home textiles. Linen

Classification index

G08-004

Print number

1 - 29/08/2005

International kinship

ISO 3758:2005

European kinship

EN ISO 3758:2005
Sumary
Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols

ISO 3758:2005

  • 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;
  • specifies the use of these symbols in care labelling.

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.

The standard applies to all textile articles in the form in which they are supplied to the end user.

Replaced standards (1)
NF EN 23758
February 1994
Standard Cancelled
Textiles. Care labelling code using symbols.

Standard replaced by (1)
NF EN ISO 3758
May 2012
Standard Current
Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols

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

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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
  • 4 Application et emploi des symboles
    9
  • Annexe A (informative) Caractéristiques et méthodes d'essai disponibles pour un choix correct des symboles d'entretien
    11
  • Annexe B (informative) Pratiques nationales et régionales d'étiquetage d'entretien
    16
  • Annexe C (informative) Symboles de séchage naturel
    20
  • Annexe D (informative) Exemples de mentions complémentaires
    22
  • Bibliographie
    23
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