Colorfastness Testing

Whether you need to know if denim dye will be an issue or your fabrics will fade in the sun, Applied Lab is your resource for accredited colorfastness testing.

Colorfastness Testing with Applied Lab

Shade or color change of fabric presents a number of challenges to textile producers, distributors, and end-users. With Applied Lab’s accredited colorfastness testing, you’ll have a clear idea of how well a fabric’s dye was set during the dyeing process, how long the color will last outdoors, or what will happen if the fabric is splashed with water. Our expertise can speak to any number of the myriad of conditions that effect the colorfastness performance of textiles.

Colorfastness to Crocking: Flat

Colorfastness to Laundering

Colorfastness to Dry Cleaning

Colorfastness to Light

Colorfastness to Perspiration

Colorfastness to Sea Water

Colorfastness to Water

Colorfastness to Pool Water

Colorfastness to Solvent

Colorfastness to Bleach

Denim Dye Transfer

Oil Repellency

Repellency

Colorfastness to Crocking: Flat

AATCC 8

Determines the amount of color transferred from the surface of a colored textile material to another surface by rubbing.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 8” x 10”

Colorfastness to Laundering

AATCC 61 2a, 3a

Determines the ability of a fabric to resist color change or transfer its color to adjacent fabrics under accelerated laundering conditions.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Colorfastness to Dry Cleaning

AATCC 132

Determines the ability of a fabric to resist color change or transfer its color to adjacent fabrics when subjected to three commercial dry cleanings.

Lead Time: 5-7 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Colorfastness to Light

AATCC 16.3 Option 3

An accelerated method that assesses the specimen’s ability to resist fading or other color degradation when exposed to a Xenon Arc light source for a specified amount of time. Light simulates sunlight through window glass.

Lead Time: Opt 3 Average 100 hrs/week
Yardage Required: 8” x 10”

ASTM G154 Cycle 1

An accelerated method that assesses the specimen’s ability to resist fading or other color degradation when exposed to alternate cycles of UV light and dark condensing humidity for a specified amount of time; light simulates direct sunlight while dark cycle simulates night with dew formation.

Lead Time: Cycle 1 Average 100 hrs/week
Yardage Required: 8” x 10”

Colorfastness to Perspiration

AATCC 15

Determines the effect of acid perspiration on fabrics in regards to the ability to resist color change or dye transfer to adjacent fabrics.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Colorfastness to Sea Water

AATCC 106

Determines the effect of sea water on fabrics in regards to the ability to resist color change or dye transfer to adjacent fabrics.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Colorfastness to Water

AATCC 107

Determines the effect of water on fabrics in regards to the ability to resist color change or dye transfer to adjacent fabrics.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Colorfastness to Pool Water

AATCC 162

Determines the effect of chlorinated pool water on fabrics in regards to the ability to resist color change.

Lead Time: 5-7 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Colorfastness to Solvent

ASTM D3597 Section 6.7

Determines the effect of dry cleaner solvent on fabrics in regards to the ability to resist color change or dye transfer to adjacent fabrics.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Colorfastness to Bleach

AATCC 107, Modified

Employs the same method used for Colorfastness to Water AATCC 107, but substitutes a bleach solution and does not use the multifiber cloth for dye transfer.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

AATCC 61 (5a)

Determines the ability of a fabric to resist color change when subjected to bleach under accelerated laundering conditions.

Lead Time: 5-7 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Denim Dye Transfer

Ford BN 112-09

Determines the susceptibility of materials to dye ingress (transfer of dye, particularly from denim to the surface of a material) through rubbing. May also evaluate the ability to remove the dye from the material through cleaning.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Oil Repellency

AATCC 118 Water/Alcohol

This method is used to detect the presence of a fluorochemical finish, or other compounds capable of imparting a low energy surface on all types of fabrics. This is done by evaluating the fabric’s resistance to wetting by a selected series of liquid hydrocarbons.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x 12”

Repellency

AATCC 193

Determines the repellency of a fabric by subjecting it to a series of water : alcohol solutions with different surface tensions.

Lead Time: 3-5 days
Yardage Required: 12” x full width

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