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30°C = Cold (65 to 85° F), 40C = Warm (105° F), 50C = Hot (120° F), 60-95C = Hot (140-200° F)

Underline on drycleaning indicates "A strict limitation on the addition of water during cleaning and/or certain restrictions on mechanical action and/or during temperature." Examples: acrylic, velvet, unlimted woollens. In this case, self-service cleaning is not allowed.
Do not dryclean - no stain removal with solvents.
Other drycleaning notation:
  • A - Normal goods, dry-cleanable in all solvents.
  • F - Normal goods, dry-cleanable in solvent R113 * and hydrocarbon.
  • P - Normal goods, dry-cleanable in PerchloroEthylene, solvent R113, hydrocarbon and solvent R11.
* Drycleaning Solvents:
- R113 - 1,1,2-TriChloro-1,2,2-triFluoroEthane (Cl2FC-CClF2)
- R11 - triChloroFluoroMethane (CCl3F)
- PerChloroEthylene (TetraChloroEthylene) (C2Cl4)
- TriChloroEthylene (TCE) (C2HCl3)
- Stoddard solvent (Cleaners Naphtha) - A petroleum (hydrocarbon) drycleaning solvent which is a blend of petroleum distillate fractions (C7 - C12).   It is composed of 30 - 50% straight and branched chain alkanes, 30 - 40% cycloalkanes, and 10 - 20% alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons. See hydrocarbons.

See: Laundry Symbols at TextileAffairs.com (wash, dry, iron, dry clean)
Understanding Clothing Care Labels at portlaoiseGuide.com (Ireland)
Labelling Codes for textile care

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last updated 3 Nov 2008