Japanese Standards Association

Textiles - Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing
 N JIS L 1930

Annotation

This Standard specifies domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing. The procedures are applicable to textile fabrics, garments or other textile articles which are subjected to appropriate combinations of domestic washing and drying procedures.

Provision of this Standard

Provision is made for as follows.

a) 13 different washing procedures based on the use of the reference washing machine Type A.

b) 11 procedures based on the use of the reference washing machine Type B.

c) 7 procedures based on the use of the reference washing machine Type C.

Washing procedure

Each washing procedure represents a single domestic wash.

Drying procedure

This Standard specifies six drying procedures:

A- Line dry

B - Drip line dry

C - Flat dry

D - Drip flat dry

E - Flat press

F - Tumble dry

Provision of test

A complete test consists of a washing and drying procedure.