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Purpose and Scope

This test method is a laboratory procedure designed to simulate changes that occur in washing of a textile floor covering during cleaning.

This method is recommended only for small specimens with dimensions not exceeding the capacity of commercially-available laboratory equipment.

This test method may be used on soiled, as well as unsoiled, textile floor coverings.

This wet cleaning procedure can be used for the evaluation of:

- wetfastness durability and permanency of antimicrobial properties

- colorfastness behavior

- permanency of finishes and other topical treatments to the pile of textile floor coverings before, during or after manufacturing

- cleanability

- dimensional stability

This procedure may also be used for the removal of soil or extraneous matter from specimens of textile floor coverings to prepare them for testing.