BS 7269-1:1991

Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Performance
4. Extractable oil content and allocation of star
     rating
5. Content of leather garment care label
6. Marking
Appendices
A. Guidance for garment manufacturers
B. Guidance for drycleaners
Tables
1. Drycleanability performance requirements for
     leather garments
2. Allocation of star rating
3. Symbols used to indicate suitable drycleaning
     solvents for leather garments that do not require
     re-oiling with triolein
4. Use of the star rating to indicate the extractable
     oil content and to show the degree of re-oiling
     necessary
5. Example of combining the star rating of table 4
     with the drycleaning solvent symbol of table 3 to
     produce a leather garment care label
6. Concentration of triolein in solvent used in
     determining if a leather garment is drycleanable,
     and associated star rating

Requirements for leather garments claiming to be drycleanable. Specifies leather garment care labels, which indicate firstly which drycleaning solvents are suitable and secondly the degree of re-oiling which will be necessary.

This Part of BS 7269 specifies requirements for the drycleanability of leather garments.

It also specifies symbols to be used on leather garment care labels, which indicate firstly which drycleaning solvents are suitable and secondly the degree of re-oiling that will be necessary.

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.