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Fabric Softener

A rinse-stage fabric-care product used only as the product, garment and machine instructions permit; it is not detergent.

Illustration only: do not identify a chemical by bottle colour or shape. Read the ingredient and safety label on the original container.
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3 identity clues

  • Original label states fabric softener or conditioner
  • Usually has rinse-stage or compartment directions
  • Does not replace laundry detergent
Reading language:
English
Names in other languages
繁體中文
柔順劑
English
Fabric Softener
Bahasa Indonesia
Pelembut Pakaian (柔順劑)
Tagalog
Fabric Softener / Pampalambot ng Tela (柔順劑)

Name in Cantonese (Jyutping): jau4 seon6 zai1

What is it?

Fabric softener is for labelled softening and fabric-care uses. Not every garment is suitable, and formulation, dose and washer compartment vary.

How to identify it

Find fabric softener, fabric conditioner, rinse-stage use and dosing directions on the original label. Bottle colour and fragrance do not identify it.

Common confusion

This item

Fabric Softener

  • Original label states fabric softener or conditioner
  • Usually has rinse-stage or compartment directions
  • Does not replace laundry detergent

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Liquid Laundry Detergent

  • Original label states laundry cleaning use
  • Label gives dose and washing method
  • Different from fabric softener and bleach

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Household Chlorine Bleach

  • Original label states sodium hypochlorite or NaOCl
  • Label gives concentration and permitted use or dilution directions
  • Different from oxygen bleach, laundry detergent, fabric softener and acidic toilet cleaner
How to identify it

Detergent cleans clothes; softener treats permitted fabric in the rinse stage and cannot replace detergent.

Liquid Laundry Detergent

Laundry-detergent illustration: a grey unbranded plastic bottle with a dark screw cap and blank white label area, with no readable text.
Illustration only: do not identify a chemical by bottle colour or shape. Read the ingredient and safety label on the original container.

Household Chlorine Bleach

A closed unbranded household cleaning bottle shown only as a bleach-packaging example; the actual original ingredient label must be checked
Illustration only: do not identify a chemical by bottle colour or shape. Read the ingredient and safety label on the original container.

Common Hong Kong household uses

Caring for compatible garments only as the softener, garment and washer instructions permit.

Use & label checks

Confirm the garment allows softener, measure the label dose and use the stated washer compartment. Do not pour directly on fabric unless instructed, and do not mix it with another cleaning product.

Safe storage

Keep closed in its labelled original container, away from children, food and food packaging.

What Ma’am or Sir may say

柔順劑落指定格，唔好當洗衣液。

The employer wants the product distinguished from detergent and placed in the machine's designated softener compartment.

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Fabric Softener

Fabric-softener illustration: a round-shouldered grey unbranded plastic bottle with a dark screw cap and blank white label area.
Illustration only: do not identify a chemical by bottle colour or shape. Read the ingredient and safety label on the original container.

柔順劑

Fabric Softener

Fabric-softener illustration: a round-shouldered grey unbranded plastic bottle with a dark screw cap and blank white label area.
Illustration only: do not identify a chemical by bottle colour or shape. Read the ingredient and safety label on the original container.