Specification for Chamois leather (Abstracts)

Foreword

This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Textiles and Clothing Standards Policy Committee and is a revision of BS 6715 : 1987 which is withdrawn.

The principal changes from the previous edition are as follows.

(a) Reference to BS 4804, which is considered obsolete and out of line with commercial practice, has been deleted.

(b) There is a recommendation that size should now be measured in accordance with the mechanical pinwheel method currently being discussed within the International Organization for Standardization and the International Council of Tanners.

(c) In cases of dispute, for measurement of size and mass per unit area, it is now considered that greater consistency may be achieved if samples are preconditioned for 12 h at a relative humidity not less than 75 % and a temperature not greater than 30 OC and subsequently conditioned as specìfied in BS 3144.

At the time of publication, no corresponding international standard exists.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of Itself confer Immunity from legal obligations.