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Product care symbols

10 product care symbols, each with what it looks like and what it actually requires.

Symbol Looks like Means
Upholstery cleaning code W A letter W on a fabric tag under a cushion or beneath a sofa frame. Clean with water-based cleaners only.
Upholstery cleaning code S A letter S on the care tag of a sofa or chair. Clean with solvent-based cleaners only — no water.
Upholstery cleaning code W-S The letters WS or W/S on the care tag. Either water-based or solvent-based cleaners may be used.
Upholstery cleaning code X A letter X on the care tag. Vacuum or brush only — no liquid cleaner of any kind.
Period after opening (open jar with 12M) An open cosmetics jar with the lid lifted off, and a number followed by M inside or beside it — 6M, 12M, 24M. How many months the product stays good after you first open it.
Cosmetics hourglass (minimum durability) A small hourglass or egg-timer shape, with a date printed beside it. The best-before date of a cosmetic product — it is best used before the date shown.
Footwear: leather A stretched animal hide seen from above, like a flattened skin with four leg stubs. That part of the shoe is leather.
Footwear: coated leather The same stretched hide shape with a magnified segment or a diagonal split drawn across one corner. That part is leather with a surface coating no thicker than a third of the total thickness.
Footwear: textile A cross-hatched weave — two sets of threads interlaced at right angles, like a magnified fabric. That part of the shoe is a textile, natural or synthetic.
Footwear: other materials A plain diamond or rhombus. That part is made of something that is neither leather nor textile.