Colour Fastness Tests

Crocking , Laundering, Dry cleaning

Burnt gas fumes

Light (Fastness)

Perspiration

Pressing, Sea water, Water, Chlorinated

pool water

Ozone

Colour Measurement

Colour Specification/Passing/Sorting

Whiteness, Colour difference

Dye strength

Dyeing and Finishing

Mercerization in Cotton

Identification of Dyeclass, Dye strength

Dyeing properties, Identification of

finishes

Evaluation of auxiliaries

Raw Materials and General

Fibre identification and content

Wool grade, Wool Fibre Length

Solvent extractable content

Feather/down mixtures (Lorch)

Non Fibrous Material on Fabric

Ash Content/Moisture Regain

Fibre Melting Point and Cross-Section

Pacifier Evaluation

Hazardous Products – Toys

Yarn Test

Linear density, Twist, Breaking Strength

Filament Count

Fabric Construction

Mass, Fabric Count, Weave, Yarn Crimp

Stitch length in knits, Yarn linear density

Fabric thickness

Frosting

Spectrophotometric Analysis

U.V. Radiation Transmittance, UPF Colour

Fabric Performance Test

Air permeability

Abrasion Resistance -

Accelerator/flex/Taber/ Martindale/Stoll/Stroll/Wyzenbeek

Blocking, Breaking strength, Bursting strength

Chlorine retention, Cold crack

Crease recovery (Angle method), dry or wet

Delamination of coating, Downproofness

Fabric Wrinkle Recovery

Microbiological resistance

Modulus (BSI)

Mothproofing Resistance (IWS)

Oil stain release, pH Value of Water Extract

Pilling resistance – Tumble Box, Random

tumble, Martindale or Brush

“R” / “Clo” value

Electrical Resistivity

Seam Slippage

Shrinkage on laundering,Domestic/Commercial

P.P. Rating

Shrinkage on wetting/steaming/dry cleaning

Snagging resistance, Static cling, Static decay

Stiffness (cantilever test)

Tearing strength – Elmendorf/Single rip or Trapezoid

Water absorption, Water permeability (k)

Water resistance

Water vapour transmission and Diffusion

Yarn shifting

Stretch and Recovery

Carpet Tests

CAN/CGSB-4.129M, CAN/CGSB-4.161M

Aachner (ISO 2551 dimensional stability)

Delamination, Density

Electrostatic properties

Hexapod, Pile face weight

Resilience to Static Load

Separate undercushion CAN/CGSB-20.23

Stain resistance

Tuft bind

Fabric Analysis and Troubleshooting

• Warp streak analysis

• Filling band analysis

• Barré analysis (circular knits)

• Foreign contaminant analysis

• Analysis of off-shade dyeings

• Cotton maturity evaluation

• Determination of sources of fabric holes and weak yarns (finished fabric)

• Fiber defect analysis

General Testing

• Yarn crimp (woven)

• Count and twist from yarn in fabric

• Dye-on-fiber

• Mock dyeing/leveling

• Strip dye/re-dye

• Color reflectance measurement

• Blend analysis

• Analysis of fiber distribution in yarn

• Denier by microscopy

• Yarn cross sections

• Chemical damage assessment

• Dye rate and capacity studies

• PET density determination

• Sonic modulus of filament or tow

ASTM Test Methods

• Fiber identification

• Qualitative textile analysis

• Flammability of apparel textiles

• Differential dyeing of cotton

• Extractable matter determination

• Moisture regain

• Boiling water and dry-heat shrinkage

• Moisture level in textiles

• Bow and skewness test for woven and knitted fabric

• Bulk determination for textured yarns

AATCC Test Methods

• Absorbency of bleached textiles

• Alkali in bleach baths containing hydrogen peroxide

• Appearance of apparel and other home textiles after repeated launderings

• Ash content of bleached cellulosic textiles

• Instrumental color measurement of textiles

• Colorfastness to acids and alkalis

• Colorfastness to bleaching with chlorine

• Colorfastness to bleaching with peroxide

• Dimensional changes in automatic home laundering of woven or knitted fabrics

• Dimensional changes in commercial laundering of woven or knit fabrics

• Extractable content of greige and/or prepared textiles

• Qualitative and quantitative fiber analysis

• Gray scale for color change

• Gray scale for staining

• Mercerization in cotton

• pH of water-extract from bleached textiles

• Whiteness of textiles

• Wrinkle-recovery of fabrics