The Flammable Fabrics Act of 1953 was created due to several deaths due to clothing in the 1940’s and early 1950’s. It states that all printed banners, wall coverings, display booth fabrics, table skirts, tents, awnings, carpeting, window treatments, interior furnishing and vinyl-coated fabrics are required to meet flame-retardant standards for homes, offices or other assembly places.
It is becoming more difficult to comply with these standards in recent years, due to the use of more and more synthetic fabrics rather than natural fibers.
If you are in the screen printing industry this could mean a lot to your business. Whether you are making t-shirts, signs, banners, posters or whatever else you are making for your clients, they will assume that you know and will create products that comply with all the regulations and codes that the National Fire Protection Association, the American Society for Testing Materials and regional agencies in your area have in place.
Tags: flammable fabrics, synthetic fabrics
