Dry cleaning symbols
This glyph family identifies dry-cleaning permission and, when letters appear inside the circle, the permitted solvent scope.
| Dry clean with any solvent, any cycle, any moisture, and any heat. An unlettered circle | |
| Dry clean with any solvent. A capital A inside a circle | |
| Dry clean using only petroleum solvent. A capital F inside a circle | |
| Any dry-cleaning solvent other than trichloroethylene may be safely used. A capital P inside a circle | |
| The garment may not be commercially drycleaned. A circle crossed by an X |
Letters inside the circle identify the solvent scope: A means any solvent, P means any solvent except trichloroethylene, and F means petroleum solvent only. An X over the circle means do not dryclean; no dot or bar meaning is stated in the supplied evidence.
Easy to mix up
- Assuming every circle variant means unrestricted dry cleaning.
- Confusing the P symbol with petroleum-solvent-only dry cleaning; petroleum solvent only is represented by F.
- Treating the crossed circle as a solvent restriction rather than a prohibition on commercial dry cleaning.
Grounded in: blogs.ifas.ufl.edu. Meanings follow sentences verified verbatim on those pages.
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