What is BS 6715 - Chamois leather about?

BS 6715 is an International Standard that focuses on aspects of producing best quality chamois leather.

BS 6715 specifies requirements for the materials, manufacture, chemical and physical properties, sampling, testing, and marking of chamois leather.

BS 6715 covers technical specifications such as related terms and definitions, materials used in manufacture, classification by quality, physical properties, etc., for chamois leather.

Who is BS 6715 - Chamois leather for?

BS 6715 on specifications for chamois leather is useful for:

Leather manufacturing industries
Leather industries
Textile industries
Leather testing laboratories
Quality assurance authorities
Regulatory authorities
Leather designers

Why should you use BS 6715 - Chamois leather?

Chamois leather is widely used for drying and buffing vehicles, such as cars and vans, after washing. Small pieces of chamois leather (often called "chamois cloth") are commonly used as blending tools by artists drawing with charcoal. The leather blends the charcoal more softly and cleanly than the artist's fingers, which can leave smudges.

BS 6715 lays down the technicalities for manufacturing the best quality chamois leather that is in compliance with global standards. It gives you detailed information about the materials used while manufacturing the leather and gives classification depending upon the flaws it has, which helps the users to decide the quality of the chamois leather.

BS 6715 also helps the users to prepare the samplings and conditioning of the samples according to the standard procedures. It also talks about the physical and chemical properties of chamois leather in accordance with the standard norms.

Thus, by using BS 6715, you can adopt the effective requirements for producing high-quality and reliable chamois leather.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS 6715:1991 supersedes BS 6715:1987. BS 6715:1991 includes some technical changes concerning BS 6715:1987. These include:

Reference to BS 4804, which is considered obsolete and out of line with commercial practice, has been deleted
There is a recommendation that size should now be measured in accordance with the mechanical pinwheel method currently being discussed within the International Organization for Standardization and the International Council of Tanners
In cases of dispute, for measurement of size and mass per unit area, it is now considered that greater consistency may be achieved if samples are preconditioned for 12 h at a relative humidity not less than 75 % and a temperature not greater than 30 °C and subsequently conditioned as specified in BS 3144

BS 6715:1991

Specification for chamois leather

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Jan 1991