FABRIC FIRE RETARDANT TEST for FLAME

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
 

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

Butane Flame Source 1    #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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