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The care label on a sweater indicates it is hand washable. Can I wash it in a machine on a delicate cycle?

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The care label on a sweater indicates it is hand washable. Can I wash it in a machine on a delicate cycle?

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A. There is some risk involved in using any care process not recommended by the manufacturer. Hand wahsing involves manual removal of soils with water, detergent, and a gentle squeezing action. A care label that calls for machine washing, in a delicate or gentle cycle, indicates the soil can be removed with water, detergent or soap, slow agitation, and reduced time in a washing machine. Hand washing is a restrictive care process that minimizes the amount of abrasion a garment receives in cleaning. If hand-washable garments are machine washed in a gentle cycle, agitation may be further minimized by putting the item in a net bag. Even this procedure is in violation of the care label instruction, however, and places responsibility for damages on the launderer rather than the manufacturer.

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