The Exchange Test Method

A-23: Colorfastness to Dry Cleaning

Issue Date: 05 Aug 1999

Revision Date:09/30/2011

  1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

    This test method is intended for determining the colorfastness of textiles to all kinds of drycleaning.
  2. PRINCIPLE:

    A specimen in contact with multifiber swatch and noncorrodible steel balls is agitated in perchloroethylene and then air dried. Any change in color is then assessed by using the Gray Scale for Staining or the Chromatic Transference Scale.
  3. REFERENCE:

    AATCC Test Method 132-2009, Colorfastness to Drycleaning.
  4. APPARATUS AND MATERIALS:

  5. PROCEDURE:

  6. EVALUATION:

  7. 7. REPORT:

  8. 8. NOTES: