FABRIC FIRE RETARDANT TEST - CIGARETTE

 TEST - British Standards Institution
"Fire Test for Furniture, 5852"  CIGARETTE IGNITION
 FABRIC SEAL™(S) FIRE RETARDANT by Flame Seal ^®
(Flame Retardant Penetrant dry cleaned one time.)

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November 30, 1999
 

FLAME SEAL PRODUCTS, INC.
4025 Willowbend Blvd., #310
Houston, TX 77025

Reference:      Laboratory Test Report
                        Lab Identification No. 5285
                        Invoice No. 8274  (Attached)
 

One (1) fabric sample, identified as Upholstery Fabric (Polyester/Cotton Blend) Treated with Fabric Seal™ (S), was received and tested in accordance with BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION “Fire Test for Furniture, 5852. Part 1. Methods of Test for the Ignitability by Smokers’ Materials of Upholstered composites for Seating.”
Per Section 10. (a), “ The following test results relate only to the ignitability of the combination of materials under the particular conditions of test; they are not intended as a means of assessing the full potential fire hazard of the materials in use.”

The upholstery fabric sample submitted was tested to Section 9. 3 Butane Flame Test. Per your request, the sample submitted was commercially dry cleaned one (1) cycle prior to testing and was not subjected to BS 5651: 1978, “ Sec. 4, Water Soaking Procedure” of the Cleansing and Wetting Procedures for use in the Fabrics and Fabric Assemblies. The results are as follows:

Ignition Source      Test Results

Cigarette      #1   Pass  (No flaming or progressive smoldering)
                             #2   Pass  (No flaming or progressive smoldering)

The upholstery fabric sample submitted, when tested after being subjected to one (1) commercial dry-cleaning cycle, meets minimum requirements of the above standard when tested to butane flame ignition source 1.

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