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Would a fabric with silk screened printing which cannot be scraped need to be tested for lead in surface coatings?

April 26, 2017coatings fabric lead printing scraped screened Silk tested

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Would a fabric with silk screened printing which cannot be scraped need to be tested for lead in surface coatings?

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A23: Silk screened printing is similar to printing ink which becomes a part of the item’s substrate. This type of printing is exempt from 16 CFR 1303. However, if used on a children’s product, the printed fabric would require lead content compliance.