Flame Resistant (FR) clothing is designed to protect workers from flash fire, arc flash, and heat hazards-but its performance over time depends heavily on how it is laundered. Industrial washing subjects garments to far more severe conditions than domestic laundering, and incorrect processes can compromise protection long before the end of the garments expected life. …

Although your workwear might be suitable for domestic washing but not all Industrial protective clothing are washed under domestic conditions. Traditionally the only internationally recognized test method for washing of protective clothing was ISO 6330:2000 (amended in 2008 & then in 2012), domestic scale washing at a temperature of 60° C for woven fabrics and …