Standard Guide for Evaluating Stain Removal Performance in Home Laundering

Importancia y uso:

5.1 This guide suggests a number of staining agents that are representative of stains commonly encountered in household laundry. The assessment need not be limited to this suggested list of stains, especially if special product types or end uses are being evaluated. This guide can be used to compare stain removal performance of products; however, there is no confirmed basis for correlation of this controlled laboratory technique with consumers’ ranking of stain removal performance.

5.2 The evaluations generated by this guide should be regarded as diagnostic screening tests that are useful in formulation studies, quality control, and ingredient raw material qualification. This guide provides considerable flexibility in choosing specific stains, washing conditions, and laboratory equipment appropriate to the objective of the evaluation. This procedural latitude may result in a reduced level of interlaboratory precision and such comparison of results must be evaluated with caution.

5.3 The procedure is applicable to all types of home laundry products including detergents, presoak and prespotter products, bleaches, and detergent boosters and is expected to be applicable to horizontal and vertical axis machines.

5.4 It is not intended for the evaluation of products or conditions normally associated with commercial laundering or dry cleaning establishments.

Subcomité:

D12.15

Referida por:

D0459-16R25, E2346_E2346M-15R22E01, D7225-25

Volúmen:

15.04

Número ICS:

71.100.40 (Surface active agents)

Palabras clave:

home laundering conditions; home laundry products; stain removal performance;