Wash at 95 °C
The item can be machine washed in water up to 95 °C on a normal, full-agitation cycle. It is the hottest wash any care label allows — in practice a boil wash for sturdy whites.
What to do
Use the cotton programme at 90–95 °C only when you need it (heavily soiled white cotton or linen, towels, cloths); the number is a ceiling, so 60 °C or cooler is always within the label. A full drum is fine on this cycle.
- Maximum temperature
- 95 °C (203 °F) wash water
- Family
- Washing (tub)
- ISO 3758 name
- Washing, maximum 95 °C, normal process
- Distinguishing mark
- 95
On US and Canadian labels
North American labels show temperature as dots in the tub instead of a number: six dots is the 95 °C (about 200 °F) limit, which the Canadian guide lists for commercial machines.
Often confused with
Machine wash in water up to 70 °C on a normal cycle. GINETEX groups it with the boil wash for white or boil-proof cotton and linen, at a lower temperature than 95 °C.
Other washing 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.