Machine wash, very hot (60°C / 4 dots)
Machine wash this in water up to 60°C. Four dots in the US.
What to do
Wash at up to 60°C (four dots), a hot wash for heavy soil.
What to avoid
You don't have to run it that hot. 60°C is just the upper bound the label allows.
How to spot it on a label
Start with the washtub at the far left of the care row. Confirm 60 printed inside it on an ISO label or four separate dots inside it on an ASTM label, taking care not to miss a dot in a small or faded print.
Easy to confuse with
- Machine wash, very hot (60°C / 4 dots)Machine wash, hot (50°C / 3 dots)
Check the mark
Count the dots inside the tub: this one has four, not three; the ISO number is 60, not 50.
- Machine wash, very hot (60°C / 4 dots)Machine wash, boil (95°C)
Check the mark
Count the complete group: this one has four dots or 60, while the hottest mark has six dots or 95.
On a real label
White cotton tea towels
Read together: Machine wash at no more than 60°C. Any bleach may be used if needed, tumble dry at medium heat, and iron on high.
Cotton chef jacket
Read together: Machine wash at no more than 60°C. Use only non-chlorine bleach if needed, tumble dry at medium heat, iron on high, or use professional P-solvent dry cleaning.
- Category
- Washing
- Appears on
- US and international labels
Related symbols
Common questions
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Is 60 degrees the same as four dots?
- Yes. ISO shows 60 in the washtub and ASTM shows four dots. Both set a 60°C maximum.
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Can I wash a 60C garment at 40C?
- Yes. A 60°C label allows a cooler wash because the number is a maximum.
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Does 60C mean the garment must be washed at 60?
- No. The standard does not require you to reach the marked temperature. It tells you not to go hotter than 60°C.
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Is 60C the boiling-wash symbol?
- No. The boiling-wash mark is 95 on an ISO label or six dots on an ASTM label. The 60°C mark has four dots in the ASTM system.