Fabric Care Atlas Wash it right, once

ISO 3758 · 103 guides · 6 categories

Wash it right, once.

The five shapes printed inside your collar are a complete language, and almost nobody was taught to read it. Fabric Care Atlas translates them, then tells you exactly what to do with the thing in your hands.

103guides
18ISO symbols
6categories

Care label 100% cotton

Wash 30° No bleach Dry flat Iron 110° Pro clean P

Machine 30° · no bleach Decode yours →

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How to Clean a Carpet by Hand (Rinsing Is the Hard Part)
How-To

How to Clean a Carpet by Hand (Rinsing Is the Hard Part)

Cleaning carpet by hand puts water into a floor with no drain and no machine to pull it…

Carpet · 70 min 10 min read

How to Clean a White Sofa (The Yellowing Isn’t a Stain)
Upholstery

How to Clean a White Sofa (The Yellowing Isn’t a Stain)

A white sofa doesn't just show dirt, it shows every bit of body oil and hard-water mineral build-up…

By cause · 40 min 10 min read

How to Clean Carpet With a Steam Cleaner (The Backing Dries Last)
How-To

How to Clean Carpet With a Steam Cleaner (The Backing Dries Last)

A steam cleaner can set mold into carpet backing as easily as it lifts dirt from the pile.…

Carpet · 90 min 10 min read

How to Clean Stains on a Sofa (The Armrest Mark Isn’t a Spill)
Upholstery

How to Clean Stains on a Sofa (The Armrest Mark Isn’t a Spill)

A dark mark on a sofa armrest is rarely a spill. It is usually skin oil built up…

By stain type · 35 min 10 min read

How to Wash Spandex (The Dryer Is What Kills the Stretch)
Fabrics

How to Wash Spandex (The Dryer Is What Kills the Stretch)

Spandex does not rip or stain to show damage. It loses its stretch quietly, usually from dryer heat…

Spandex · 15 min 10 min read

How to Clean a Velvet Couch (The Water Mark Isn’t a Stain)
Upholstery

How to Clean a Velvet Couch (The Water Mark Isn’t a Stain)

A pale mark on a velvet couch usually is not a stain. It is the pile pressed flat…

Velvet couch · 40 min 9 min read

How to Clean a Fabric Headboard (It Can’t Dry Against the Wall)
Upholstery

How to Clean a Fabric Headboard (It Can’t Dry Against the Wall)

A fabric headboard sits flush against the wall, so water that soaks the padding behind it has nowhere…

Fabric upholstery · 25 min 10 min read

How to Clean Sneakers at Home (The Inside Dries Last)
How-To

How to Clean Sneakers at Home (The Inside Dries Last)

Most guides stop at air-drying and call a sneaker done. The inside, where the insole sits against foam…

Sneakers · 23 min 11 min read

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Point at the label. We read it back in English.

The Care Label Decoder holds all eighteen ISO 3758 symbols. Tap the shapes you can see on the tag and it returns the wash temperature, the drying limit, the iron setting, and every prohibition — plus the guides that go with them.

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Wash 40° No bleach Tumble low Iron 150° Pro clean P Do not wash