Any bleach allowed
Any bleach may be used when needed — chlorine (sodium hypochlorite) or oxygen-based.
What to do
You can use household chlorine bleach or an oxygen bleach when a load needs it; dose by the bleach product's own instructions.
- Maximum temperature
- None stated by this symbol
- Family
- Bleaching (triangle)
- ISO 3758 name
- Any bleaching agent allowed
- Distinguishing mark
- empty
Often confused with
Oxygen (non-chlorine) bleach is allowed, chlorine bleach is not. The two slanted lines inside the triangle are the whole difference from 'any bleach'.
Other bleaching symbols
Sources
- GINETEX — Care symbols (existing care symbols under ISO 3758:2023) — checked 2026-09-22
- Government of Canada, Office of Consumer Affairs — Guide to Apparel and Textile Care Symbols (North American system) — checked 2026-09-22
Meanings are paraphrased from these sources, not quoted, and checked on the date shown.