What is BS 7269-2 – Dry cleanability of leather garments about?
BS 7269-2 is an International Standard that deals with methods and procedures to assess the dry cleanability of leather garments.
BS 7269-2 describes a method of test for determining whether or not a leather garment is dry cleanable.
BS 7269-2 is applicable to all leather garments that are intended to be maintained by a leather dry cleaning process.
Who is BS 7269-2 – Dry cleanability of leather garments for?
BS 7269-2 on the dry cleanability of leather garments is useful for:
- Leather manufacturing industries
- Leather industries
- Textile industries
- Leather testing laboratories
- Quality assurance authorities
- Regulatory authorities
- Leather designers
Why should you use BS 7269-2 – Dry cleanability of leather garments?
During the development of the method, an agreement was reached on standard temperatures, process times and concentrations of oil in solvent. It was noted that various blended oils were used in commercial re-oiling processes. However, it was agreed to use triolein (glyceryl trioleate) as a reference oil since this oil was considered to be realistic and definable.
BS 7269-2 has been prepared under the direction of the Textiles and Clothing Standards Policy Committee.
BS 7269-2 specifies a test method for assessing the dry cleanability of leather garments using commercial drycleaning equipment.
BS 7269-2 helps you to use the centrifuging properties of drycleaning machines differ and if therefore two nominally identical garments were drycleaned and re-oiled in different machines, the two garments would have slightly different final oil contents.
BS 7269-2 also specifies the requirements for the dry cleanability of leather garments, together with the symbols to be used on leather garment care labels, indicating firstly which drycleaning solvents are suitable and secondly the degree of re-oiling that will be necessary
