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AS/NZS 2621:1998
[Pending Revision]Sets out guidelines to assist manufacturers in the selection of appropriate care labelling instructions from AS/NZS 1957 and specifies basic performance requirements and test methods for colourfastness and dimensional stability that may be used to determine whether an article complies with those requirements when cleaned in accordance with the instructions on the label.
Published: 05/01/1998
Pages: 19
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About this publication
PREFACE
FOREWORD
1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE
1.2 OBJECTIVE
1.3 APPLICATION
1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
2 GENERAL
2.1 PRINCIPLES
2.2 GENERAL RULE
2.3 BASIC PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
3 PROCEDURE FOR CHOOSING APPROPRIATE CARE INSTRUCTIONS
3.1 PRINCIPLE
3.2 GUIDELINES TO ASSIST IN FOLLOWING EACH STEP OF THE FLOW CHART TO CHOOSE CARE INSTRUCTIONS WHICH ENSURE SATISFACTORY END USE PERFORMANCE OF AN ARTICLE (SEE FIGURE 1)
3.2.1 Step 1 Classification of article by end use and fibre type
3.2.2 Step 2 Reference to product end-use index (Table 1)
3.2.3 Step 3 Refer to relevant tables for guidance on the selection of care instructions∗
3.2.4 Step 4 Verification of appropriateness of care instructions
3.3 NOTES ON THE USE OF TABLES 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6 (SEE ALSO CLAUSE 3.2.4)
3.3.1 Single fibre articles
3.3.2 Fibre blends
3.3.3 Multicomponent articles and trims
3.3.4 Leather and upholstered furniture
3.3.5 Exemptions from care labelling
3.3.6 Colourfastness
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Leather - Tests for colour fastness - Colour fastness to cycles of to-and-fro rubbing
[Current]
Textiles — Upholstery fabrics for domestic and commercial use (excluding face-coated fabrics)
BS 6453
Specification for performance of leathers for garments
BS 6608
Specification for cattle hide leathers for upholstered furniture∗