Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2015. Published December 2015. Originally approved in 1965. Last previous edition approved in 2011 as D2449 – 88 (2011). — 2 p.
This specification covers bale coating on bales of natural rubber (that have rubber wrapper sheets on the bales) and includes test method description. It specifies the maximum permissible amount of such coating.
This specification is not applicable to natural rubber that is packaged with plastic wrappers, as no bale coating is used.