final exam cte4443 Flashcards
customer concerns
how material responds to care
- colorfastness
- dimensional change
- appearance retention
rating
process of determining or assigning grade to material by comparing it to standard reference scale
rating procedures
- one or more trained raters
- controlled light source
- standard gray controlled background
- evaluation
- 5= no change, 1= greatest change
types of care assessments
home laundering, commercial laundering, and dry cleaning
assess: shrinkage, soil removal, wrinkle resistance, color change/loss, staining, change in hand
migration
non uniform movement and distribution of colorants; chemicals transfer from one part of the material to another
factors of effective washing
- machine cycle
- appropriate sorting of textiles
- correct detergent chemistry
2 approaches to test methods for assessing care
- worst case scenario: subject material to relatively severe condition
- normal use conditions
AATCC 61 colorfastness to laundering
- launder-ometer: 5 typical home/commercial launderings
- variables: mechanical action from steel balls, additives (bleach, detergent), water temperature, volume
- specimens evaluated for color change and staining
AATCC 124 appearance of fabrics after repeated home laundering
- evaluates fabric smoothness
- smoothness appearance rating standard
- wrinkle degree and frequency
AATCC 8 colorfastness to crocking: AATCC crockmeter method
- rub dry and wet material against standard white fabric
- evaluate for color change
AATCC 15 colorfastness to perspiration
- simulated perspiration solution
- multifiber test fabric
- perspiration tester/perspirometer
- evaluate for color change
care instructions
series of directions that describe procedures for refurbishing a product without adverse effects
care label
gives directions for
cleaning a textile product
bleeding
loss of color from…?
MFTS
multifiber test strips
gray scales
color change (dark to light) and staining (white to dark)
fast or fugitive dyes
fast dyes: bond well within fiber so bleeding does not occur during normal care
fugitive dyes: form weak bonds with fiber so bleeding can occur
relaxation and residual shrinkage
relaxation shrinkage: tensions from yarn spinning, fabrication, and finishing relax when materials dry without tension
residual shrinkage: relaxation shrinkage not removed in the first cycle
progressive shrinkage
material shrinks with each cleaning
lightfastness
property of material describing ranked color change resulting from exposure to designated light
photochromism
reversible change of color from light exposure