The scope of SC2 is to develop evaluation procedures for laundering, dry cleaning and finishing to which textile fabrics or manufactured items can be subjected, in conjunction with other tests applied to these products, in order to assess the effect of these laundering, dry cleaning and finishing procedures.

SC 2 will be responsible for the development of test methods for the determination of dimensional stability to and evaluation of appearance after laundering, dry cleaning and finishing procedures; and assessing the resistance of textiles to absorption and/or penetration by water.

Working groups within SC2 include:
WG 1 - Professional Dry Cleaning
WG 2 - Finishing
WG 3 - Domestic Washing & Drying
WG 4 - Appearance retention
WG 6 - Durability of Flame Retardant Finishes
WG 8 - Water resistance tests
WG 9 - Industrial washing and finishing procedures
WG10 - Water vapour transfer test methods
WG11 - Miscellaneous technical projects
WG12 - Care labelling

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