Care Tips

General Care Tips

You should wash your new underwear before putting them on the first time in order to avoid eventual skin reactions.
Your linen will naturally remain nice if you treat it as described on the label. An explanation of all valid label systems can be found below.

For Special Care of your underwear, we suggest Indian washing nuts as a biological washing agent for the washing machine. These are an organic product, gentle to the skin and color, and wash absolutely thouroughly. Additional information about the washing nut can be found here in our lexicon. We offer you various amounts of the original Indian washing nuts as care products even here in our shop.

Most underwear can be even washed at low temperatures in the washing machine.
Try to wash your underwear in the fine washing programme, at low temperature. If your washing machine has no fine washing programme, then please use the washing programme "easy to clean".


White Lingerie

You should never wash white lingerie and colored linen together; not even when washing by hand. There is the risk of discoloration of the colored linen to the white linen. The linen can become grey and dull.


Colored Lingerie

In order to avoid that the colors in the washing machine are washed out, you should take some time: soften your colored linen in a bath with a splash of vinegar. Vinegar possesses a color-fixing effect. Then rinse the lingerie thoroughly and place them in cold water with a little washing powder. The water should not change color. You can then place your linen in the washing machine.


Lingerie with Lace

Lace puckers easily. Therefore wrap the lace around a bottle and sway in a lukewarm soap sud (a liquid fine washing agent is eventually also suitable). Rinse thoroughly with clear, lukewarm water. Do not wring, but squeeze out softly. Dry by laying on a towel.


Bra with frames

Framed bras should be washed by hand whenever possible. Thus, you prevent the breaking, piercing or deforming of the metal frame. If you still use the washing machine, we recommend to use washing sacks.


Drying

You dry your sensitive underwear on a clothes horse - never on the heater, in direct sunlight or in a dryer. The wearing out of fabric and lace is advantaged through extreme heat. One should be more precautious with colored linen. Only cotton underwear is suitable for the dryer.


Stain Removal

If the clothing is discolored in the wash or there are blood stains or dirty underwear to clean, a bath in cold water and a little stain remover is suggested.


Explanation of the Label Symbols

Washing


These symbols mean that the piece can be washed normally in the machine. The number in the tub is the maximum water temperature in degrees Celsius.


A dash under the tub means: "Permanent Press" at the given temperature. This means the lowest mechanical strain possible for the material: a lot of water and less linen, and spin slowly.


Textiles with this symbol require a special wool washing programme of your washing machine or gentle hand wash.


Hand wash at a maximum of 40 degrees water temperature. Move gently, rinse and squeeze.


Water should definitely not be used when washing here. Textiles with this symbol must be cleaned chemically.


Drying


These are cues for the use of a tumble dryer. Two points mean: Suitable for the dryer without limitations. If only one point is displayed in the drum, you are allowed to dry with reduced heat (approx. 60ºC). If this symbol is crossed out, then it means: Not suitable for the dryer.


Clothing with this symbol should be dryed by laying down in order not to wear them out.


Ironing


1 dot: Iron at low temperature (approx. 110ºC) without steam
2 dots: Iron at a middle temperature (approx. 150ºC)
3 dots: Iron at a higher temperature (approx. 200ºC)
Electric iron is struck through: Do not iron!

Additional Advice

There are no symbols for some care advice. Therefore you often find short text on the labels, such as "do not spin" or "wash from the left" (in order not to strain the exterior of the material when rubbing against the washing machine). "iron from the left" is required, for example, if it concerns textiles with so-called "foil printing", which can melt and smear with heat.


Chemical Cleaning


No chemical cleaning! Textiles marked as such should be treated with care with a stain remover and other solvents.


These symbols illustrate how and with what the material should be treated when cleaning with chemicals. The letters in the circles are abbreviations for various solvents: The triangle shows whether the linen can be treated with chlorine or not.