Tips for your laundry

During production, textiles pass through many hands. Therefore, please wash new garments that come into direct contact with the skin before putting them on your child for the first time.

• Close hook-and-loop fasteners (other items could get caught).
• Closing the zippers keeps them running smoothly later.
• Turn printed and embroidered products inside out before washing! In general, washing inside out protects the items’ Textured finish and color.
• Wash removable parts separately.
• Turn hoods tucked inside jackets outward.
• Wash multi-piece garments together, as their color and Textured finish may change.

• Sort laundry not only by washing temperature but also by color. This prevents unwanted discoloration!
• Always wash new items with similar colors because of excess dye!
• Always wash dark garments separately!

We recommend always washing colorful textiles together with Clothing Line in the lightest color.

• The sooner a stain is treated, the easier it is to remove.
• Always treat the stain before washing.
• For delicate, colored fabrics, first test on an inconspicuous area to make sure the color is fast.
• Removing the stain from the inside prevents the fabric from being rubbed.
• Place an absorbent cloth underneath—preferably an undyed one that you change frequently.
• Work from the edge of the stain toward the center so that it does not spread.
• After removing the stain, rinse or wash the textile—this does not apply to non-washable textiles.
  If in doubt, have it dry-cleaned.
• For synthetic paint stains (oil paints, emulsion paints, or ballpoint pen ink), use only special stain removers.
• Rapidly drying cleaned areas prevents unsightly rings from forming. For example, use a hair dryer.

The most versatile stain removers are bile soap, white vinegar, and lemon juice. Nothing more is needed for quick stain treatment!

• Blood: Rinse fresh bloodstains immediately with cold water! Soak older stains in warm soapy water, or very stubborn ones in salt water.
• Egg yolk, tomato sauce/ketchup, cocoa: Rub with bile soap in cold water and rinse.
• Chocolate, chewing gum: Place in a plastic bag in the freezer for about 30 minutes, crumble off, and brush out. Treat any residue with bile soap if necessary.
• Butter: Warm soapy water is all that is needed.
• Bicycle grease, resin, tar: Rub with butter, scrape off, and treat with bile soap.
• Felt-tip pen: Rub immediately with yogurt. Otherwise, dab with vinegar and rinse thoroughly.
• Vegetables, fruit, grass: Pre-treat with vinegar, then rub with bile soap and wash out with lukewarm water. Repeat if necessary.
• Fruit juice: Sprinkle salt on the damp stain and shake it out after drying. Sometimes mineral water is all that is needed.
• Spinach: Rub with a raw potato, then treat with bile soap.
• Wax: Crumble off and iron out between sheets of blotting paper.
• Discolored white laundry: Chlorine will make it white again. Caution: Toxic!
• Paint, glue: Soak before washing.
• Grease, grass: Spray with prewash spray before washing.

• Fill the washing machine completely – it is gentler on your laundry and the environment!
• Use suitable detergents for delicates, coloreds, and whites.
• When washing colored items, make sure your detergent does not contain bleach or optical brighteners.
• Wash technical fabrics and fleece with a special detergent! This helps preserve properties such as waterproofing and breathability for longer. Waterproofing protects the outer fabric from moisture.
• The amount of detergent needed depends on the water hardness and how soiled the laundry is; less is often more!
• Fabric softeners are rarely necessary; they can even cause technical fabrics and fleece to lose their breathable and waterproof properties!
• Do not spin muddy clothing!
• Rinse swimwear thoroughly with tap water after every swim, as chlorine or salt can quickly damage the materials.
• Avoid rubbing too vigorously when washing by hand!

• Never leave colored laundry damp!
• Reshape the laundry before air-drying or after tumble-drying, or shake it out well.

• Clothes can fade in direct sunlight – it is better to dry them inside out.
• Do not leave swimwear to dry in the sun.
• Turn lined items inside out occasionally so they dry faster.

Clothing with a crossed-out dryer symbol must not be put in the dryer. It could shrink significantly or pill.

• If the dryer symbol is shown, you can dry the Clothing Line in the dryer at the indicated temperature.
• However, these garments will develop light pilling more quickly than laundry dried on a clothesline.
• Never put polyester items in the dryer!

The Polka dots on the care label indicate the temperature range. If the iron is crossed out, the textile must not be ironed. It could become misshapen, develop shiny spots, wrinkle, etc.