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What Is Tumble Dry? Learn How to Tumble Dry

Tumble dry is an alternative to air drying. Instead of drying clothes on a line or a rack, you can use the convenience and speed of a dryer when using the tumble dry setting. Knowing when and how to tumble dry is key to not only saving time, but to also keeping your clothes looking their best.

How to tumble dry

Tumble drying is simply drying your laundry using a dryer. To tumble dry your clothes, loosely place dryer-safe clothing in the dryer and select the proper cycle and temperature setting.

Any clothing with the tumble dry symbol, a square with a large circle inscribed in it, can go in the dryer, but some garments require a certain heat setting (the more small black dots inside the circle, the higher the heat).

What do tumble dry laundry symbols mean?

If your garment can be tumble dried, the laundry care label will indicate that with a dryer symbol (a square around a large circle). Laundry labels with a dryer symbol with an “X” drawn through it show that the item should not be dried using tumble dry.

Understanding tumble dry settings: high, low & no heat

To keep your clothing in the best condition, it’s important to understand the different temperature settings for tumble dry and when to select them. Read on below to learn more about high, low and no heat tumble dry settings.

What is tumble dry high?

Tumble dry high (or Heavy Duty/Sanitize) is best for cotton and other items that may take longer to dry (sweatshirts, beach towels from family vacay, etc.). You might also need to turn up the heat when you need something done fast. Be sure to check garment care tags before drying items on high.

What is tumble dry low?

Tumble dry low (or Delicate/Gentle cycle) is ideal for loosely woven fabrics or anything with embellishment, like beading, sequins and iron-on decals (sports jerseys). It’s especially important to dry spandex/exercise clothing on low heat because it helps retain the garment’s fit and performance.

What is tumble dry no heat?

​​Tumble dry no heat means using the dryer without any heat. The dryer simply tosses your clothes using room temperature air. This setting is often used to fluff-up garments, and help remove dust, lint or hair. Tumble dry with no heat will take longer to complete than tumble dry with heat, as no heat is employed.

What does “do not tumble dry” mean?

Certain garments shouldn’t go in the dryer at all. Subjected to high temperatures, silk may shrink, wool and knitwear may pill and undergarments may shrink or lose their shape. Make sure you always check for the do not tumble dry (an X’ed circle) and dry clean only (an open black circle) symbols.

Care Tip

You can try throwing a clean, dry towel in with your just-washed load to help soak up excess water and cut down drying time. Learn more about how to quicken your drying cycle.

Tips for tumble drying

Knowing whether you can tumble dry an item (and even at what temperature) is not enough. Follow these tips for optimal results.

Does tumble dry mean air dry?

“Tumble dry” indicates that the item of clothing can be dried using a dryer rather than hanging it up or laying flat to dry. Garments with laundry labels that show it’s safe to tumble dry can be thrown in the dryer using the recommended heat setting.

Is tumble dry the same as spin?

No, tumble dry is different from a spin dry. Spin dry cycles in a washer remove excess water without using heat by spinning your laundry to extract water. With washer spin cycles, clothing is likely to come out damp rather than completely dry. Tumble dry cycles on a dryer use heat to remove water from your laundry unless the “No Heat” setting has been selected.

What can I use instead of tumble dry?

You can still dry your wet laundry without a tumble drier, though it may be more time consuming. To dry your clothes without a conventional dryer, you can use an extra spin cycle in your washer to wring out excess water, then hang your laundry on a clothing line or drying rack to air dry.

What temperature should I tumble dry at?

The temperature you should use for tumble drying your laundry depends on the type of fabric you intend to dry. Always consult your clothing’s laundry care label to determine the best drying temperatures to best care for your items.

Does tumble dry shrink clothes?

If you don’t follow your laundry care label instructions for washing and drying, you run the risk of shrinking your clothes. Some fabrics can shrink in high heat drying cycles, which is why the care label will indicate the proper washer and dryer temperatures to select when doing laundry for your family.

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How to Read Laundry Symbols

Laundry symbols seem like another language, but the washing instruction symbols on your garments’ care labels tell you exactly how to do the washing and drying, as well as give extra information on bleaching and ironing. Read on for our quick guide to what the symbols mean, or download and print your own laundry symbols chart to refer to when you see a symbol you don’t recognize.

Washing Symbols

Getting the temperature and wash cycle right is important for seeing great laundry results, and can even prevent damage to your clothes. The clothes washing symbols below can give you an idea for temperature, indicated by the number of dots in the tub of water symbol, whereas different cycle types are represented by a tub with one or two lines drawn under it.

Washing cycle symbols

Washing temperature symbols

Washing machine symbols

Important: Don't forget to look out for dry clean signs, given by a circle, or hand wash symbols, indicated by a tub of water with a hand sign, so you'll know when to avoid putting garments in the washing machine.

Drying Symbols

Drying is an important part of the clothing care process, but we’ve all heard those scary stories of cashmere sweaters that come out of the wash three sizes too small.

Knowing your dryer symbols, like the square with a circle in the middle that indicates tumble drying allowed, can help you avoid putting the wrong garment in the tumble dryer. Other symbols can give you additional information, such as a square with a horizontal line in the middle means you should dry the item flat, or the crossed-out twisted symbol, which tells you not to wring the garment. The temperature is given by the increasing number of dots inside a circle.

General drying symbols

Drying temperature symbols

Tumble dry laundry symbols

Bleaching symbols

If you want to use bleach, you’ll want to take a look at your garment’s fabric care label to see if there is a bleach symbol, given by a triangle ormore importantly a do not bleach symbol, a triangle crossed out. Recognizing these signs can save your garment from getting permanently damaged by chlorine bleach.

Bleaching symbols

Ironing Symbols

Some fabrics look great after ironing but others, like more delicate materials, can be damaged. There are even some fabrics that simply need special care when ironing.

For example, if you want to iron your new dress shirt and you want to know if it can be ironed safely, lookout for the iron symbol on your garment, represented by a little iron symbol with dots in the middle that denote the temperature setting, like those shown below.

Ironing symbols

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Laundry symbols are there to guide you, so your clothes get the care they deserve. Make sure you use the right laundry detergent for the wash cycle you pick, like Tide Plus Coldwater Clean for cold washes, or use a detergent like Tide PODS® that’s suitable for any temperature. Get the best out of your laundry, with a little help from Tide, and if you need more detailed information, visit our comprehensive guide on how to do laundry.

What the symbols on clothing labels mean

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Each item has its own instructions in the form of labels with brief instructions for caring for it. Symbols on tags are often neglected. But in vain! After all, it largely depends on how your clothes will look and how long it will last you.

Textile care symbols are used to mark textiles. They define the rules for processing products for their proper operation, as well as preventing their premature wear and damage.

There are basic symbols, such as drying, bleaching, washing, ironing, as well as some additional symbols.

Wash

9003 902 10024 Gentle cold wash

Delicate hand or machine wash up to 30 °C, neutral detergents, do not mechanically treat, rinse normal, low spin

9022

Extra delicate wash in warm water

Extra delicate wash at a water temperature not exceeding 40°C, mechanical effects are greatly reduced, rinsing is normal, spinning is reduced, do not wring by hand

Machine wash, normal

Washable, including soaking, rinsing, heating, mechanical action.

Hand wash Do not rub, wring out gently, without twisting

Normal wash in cold water

Hand or machine wash at a temperature not exceeding 30°C

extra gentle wash

Extra delicate hand or machine wash up to 30°C, large volume of water, minimal mechanical treatment, quick rinse, do not tumble dry

Conventional washing in cold water

manual or machine washing at a water temperature up to 30 ° C

LASTING COURE WATER

SPECIAL MARDICAL or Machine STITITION DU 30°C, neutral detergents, do not machine hard, rinse normal, low spin

Extra gentle cold wash

Extra delicate wash up to 30°C, large volume of water, minimal mechanical processing, quick rinse, do not wring by hand

°C, do not rub, wring gently, without twisting, handle with care

Normal wash in warm water

Hand or machine wash at a water temperature not exceeding 40°C

Conventional washing in warm water

manual or machine washing at a water temperature up to 40 ° C

Leskaya Leski in warm water

Delicious manual or machine Devil Devil Time Delivery Delights Delight or Machine above 40 °C, reduced mechanical stress, moderate rinsing with a gradual decrease in temperature (as the water cools down), reduced spinning

Gentle wash in warm water

Delicate hand or machine wash at water temperatures up to 40 °C, reduced mechanical stress, moderate rinsing at a gradual decrease in temperature (when the water cools down), reduced spin

Particularly delicate washing in warm water

Particularly delicate washing at water temperature up to 40 ° C, mechanical exposure is very reduced, excepted, weakened, do not squeeze with your hands

RUME lukewarm water wash

Hand wash only up to 40 °C, do not rub, wring gently, without twisting, handle with care

Conventional washing in hot water

manual or machine washing at water temperature up to 50 ° C

Sprit washing in hot water

Delicate manual or machine sash at temperatures up to 50 C, reduced mechanical impact, moderate rinsing with a gradual decrease in temperature (during the cooling of the water), reduced spinning

Normal wash in hot water

Hand or machine wash at a starting temperature not exceeding 50°C

Gentle wash in hot water C, reduced mechanical impact, moderate rinsing with a gradual decrease in temperature (during the cooling of the water), reduced spinning

Normal wash in hot water

Hand or machine wash up to 60°C

Gentle wash in hot water

Delicate machine wash up to 60°C reduced, moderate rinse with a gradual decrease in temperature (during the cooling of the water), spinning reduced

Normal wash in hot water

Hand or machine wash max. 60°C

Gentle wash in hot water

Delicate hand or machine wash max.

Normal wash in hot water

Hand or machine wash at initial water temperature up to 70°C

Conventional washing in hot water

manual or machine washing at a water temperature of not more than 70 ° C

Conventional washing in very hot water

9000 9000 2 manual or machine darede up to 95°C, boilable

Normal wash in very hot water

Hand or machine wash at a temperature not exceeding 95°C, boilable

Gentle wash in very hot water

Gentle wash in very hot water

Delicate hand or machine wash at a water temperature not exceeding 95 °C, reduced mechanical stress, moderate rinsing with a gradual decrease in temperature (as the water cools down), reduced spinning

Do not wash item can be dry cleaned

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Bleach

Drying at the average temperature

Plain eating dryer and usual worker

is a common ebony drum Medium temperature spin up to 60°C

Drying

9,0002 Conventional drum drying and outgoing at normal , without air heating

without squeezing 9,0002 drying in the submediment (verse)

Delicipes Professional Cleaning 9000

Delicious regime of Aquatic drying mode, taking into account the characteristics of the product, relative shrinkage - 50 + 5%

Can be bleached

The usual drying in the drying drum

is allowed to squeeze and dry in the washing machine or in the dryer, it does not require special caution

at low temperatures

Conventional drum drying and outskirts at low temperature - outgo up to 40°C

Gentle drying at low temperature

Gentle drying and tumble dry at low temperature - up to 40°C

Particularly delicate drying at a low temperature of

Particularly delicate drying and squeezing in a drying drum at a low temperature - up to 40 ° C

Medium temperature gentle dry

Medium temperature gentle dry and tumble dry up to 60°C

Drying at a high temperature of

ordinary drum drying and squeezing at high temperature - up to 80 ° C

Vertical drying

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Drying in the shade

The product must be dried in the shade, far from direct sunlight

Vertical drying in the shadow

Drying of the product in the vertical position in the treasure in the shadow of the right sunny. rays

Horizontal drying

Drying a moisture-saturated product on a horizontal surface in a flat position

Horizontal drying in the shade

Drying of the product saturated with a horizontal surface in a straightened state in the shade

No spin dry in the shade

Hang dry (vertical) in the shade, out of direct sunlight

Dry cleaning only with special reagents

Conventional dry cleaning using tetrahloretilene and all solvents listed for the symbol “F”

DECHIC DECACE with special reality 9002 DEMILE DELIVER with limited addition of water with careful use of solvents indicated for the “P” symbol, as well as control of mechanical action and drying temperature, self-cleaning is prohibited

Conventional wet professional cleaning (aquatic)

The usual aquating and drying mode in accordance with IEC 456

Extra gentle wet professional cleaning

Very gentle wet cleaning with restrictions on mechanical and drying mode, taking into account the characteristics of the product, relative shrinkage - 25 + 2. 5%

Reduced dry cleaning cycle The symbol can be used in conjunction with the letter

Low humidity dry cleaning

Low humidity is acceptable for cleaning. The symbol can be used in combination with the letter

Low temperature dry cleaning

Clothes can be cleaned at moderate temperatures. The symbol may be used in combination with the letter

Dry cleaning without steam

Do not use steam to finish cleaning. The symbol may be used in combination with the letter

Do not dry clean

Iron at low temperature

Allowed to iron at a maximum temperature of 110°C (corresponds to the single dot symbol on the iron thermostat), acceptable for synthetics, nylon, acrylic, polyester, polyamide, acetate; use fabric pad, do not use steam

Iron at medium temperature viscose; use damp cloth

Iron at high temperature

Allowed to iron at a maximum temperature of 200°C (corresponds to the three-dot symbol on the iron's thermostat), acceptable for linen and cotton; you can slightly dampen the product

Do not steam

Ironing with steam will damage clothes, regular ironing at the indicated temperature is recommended

Do not iron

The product should not be ironed, steaming and processing of steam do not use

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Top loading washing machine

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A circle in a square is a symbol of tumble drying. The presence of the icon on the clothing label means that the item does not have to be hung on a clothesline. You can dry it in a special device.

Sign meaning:

Recommendations

Today, the dryer is widely used by many families. It allows you to quickly put things in order. Using a clothes dryer, you can get rid of a lot of dust in the house, get away from clotheslines on the balcony and loggia, bulky electric dryers in the room. In 90% of cases, the dryer eliminates the need for ironing. The thing can be washed, dried, and immediately folded into the closet.

A tumble dryer, if properly used, can dry clothes more delicately than hot sun and dry air.

Recommendations:

What

looks like

The tumble dryer icon set by international organizations is a circle within a square. This is what it looks like:

It is important not to confuse it with a square in a circle. Such an icon is not used in clothing labeling. The category of drying and spinning is indicated by a square with different content.

A square with a dark circle means that the mode must be set to no heat or air only. It is designed for the most delicate things that do not withstand heat. The program also helps to fluff the fleecy fabric, remove hair and small debris from it.

An underline indicates the delicacy of the mode. One line is a gentle mode, two are a delicate one. The symbol means that intensive modes (Express dryer, long drying, drying at high temperature) cannot be used for the product.

The label on clothing may contain the inscription in English instead of symbols:

Questions and answers

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What not to do


Items with the same “normal tumble dry” or “delicate drying” icon must not be placed in the dryer drum. You need to pay attention to the type of fabric. Thick fabrics take longer to dry, thin fabrics dry faster. Sorting of white linen and colored linen is also necessary.

What you can do


The circle-in-square symbol on the product tag indicates that it can be wrung out and dried, including in the washing machine. Many modern devices are equipped with this feature. An important point: before drying, the amount of clothes in the drum must be reduced by half (up to 2.5 kg of laundry).

Questions and answers

Which fabrics and clothes should not be dried in a dryer?

The use of the dryer is contraindicated for very thin fabrics: chiffon, cambric, nylon, organza. Do not dry natural silk in it. Wool and cotton can shrink and warp a lot. You should also be careful with clothes made of elastic fabrics that contain elastic bands (may stretch), plastic fasteners, buttons, zippers, buckles, printed pictures, glued rhinestones, beads or other decorations (may be damaged, reprinted, glued to other parts of the fabric).

Can clothes with a crossed-out dryer symbol be dried on the "no heat" setting?

No. If there is a sign on the clothes that prohibits drying in a tumble dryer, it is better not to do this even at zero temperature. The tipping motion can cause shrinkage, causing wrinkles that are difficult to remove without heat.

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