CAN2-86.1-M79

Designates a system of symbols to be used in the labelling of textiles to indicate the preferred care procedures for restoring the textiles to an acceptable usable condition with respect to the properties stated in the following paragraph. With the exception of yarns, the symbol system described in this standard relates only to the properties of color fastness, dimensional stability, effect of retained chlorine and maximum safe ironing temperature, and not to the ability of the labelled textile to otherwise perform satisfactorily. For yarns, the symbol system applies only to color fastness, effect of retained chlorine and maximum safe ironing temperatures and not to the dimensional stability of yarn of its ability to otherwise perform satisfactorily.