This Standard establishes a system of symbols, intended for use in the label of textile products, providing information on the most violent care procedures that will not cause any irreversible damage to the product; it specifies the methods of use of these symbols in the care labelling.
Basic Data
Standard ID
GB/T 8685-2008 (GB/T8685-2008)
Description (Translated English)
Textiles -- Care labeling code using symbols
Sector / Industry
National Standard (Recommended)
Classification of Chinese Standard
W04
Classification of International Standard
59.080.01
Word Count Estimation
18,164
Date of Issue
2008-06-18
Date of Implementation
2009-03-01
Older Standard (superseded by this standard)
GB/T 8685-1988
Adopted Standard
ISO 3758-2005, MOD
Regulation (derived from)
National Standard Approval Announcement 2008 No.10 (Total No.123)
Issuing agency(ies)
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Summary
This standard specifies the symbol system used on textile product labels. Information provided will not cause irreversible damage to the most intense maintenance procedures for products, provides for the use of these symbols in the maintenance tab. This standard includes washing, bleach, drying and ironing of family maintenance methods. Including dry cleaning and wet cleaning professional textile maintenance methods. But does not include industrial cleaning, home maintenance method of four kinds of symbols can also provide information to help professional laundry personnel, This standard applies to the end-users of all textile products.
