This slide help you for testing fastness properties of fabric.

1. Welcome to the Presentation
Topic: Different types of fastness testing
MD. Abdur Rahman Nadim
B.Sc. in TE Southeast University
M.Sc in TE Daffodil University

2. What is Fastness?
fastness is a term used in the dyeing of textile materials,
meaning resistance of the material's color to fading or
running.

3. Different types of fastness testing:
• Color fastness to wash.
• Color fastness to light.
• Color fastness to rubbing (dry + wet).
• Color fastness to perspiration (acidic and alkaline).
• Strength to color produced color.
• Colorimetric values of produced color.
• Color fastness to chlorine.
• Color fastness to acids.
• Color fastness to alkalis.
• Color fastness to sea water.
• Color fastness to weathering.
• Color fastness to bleaching agents

4. Testing available in textile industries
Color fastness to wash
Color fastness to Rubbing
Color Fastness to Perspiration
Color fastness to light
Color fastness to heat pressing

5. 1. Color fastness to wash:
Color fastness to wash is very important for Lab-dip.
There are varieties if tasting procedure, because –
• Washing conditions may vary from one country to
another.
• The methods depend on the use of dyed goods.
• The evaluate repeated washing accelerated test
Methods are used.

6. Apparatus and Materials
 Wash-wheel with a
thermostatically controlled
water bath and raring speed of
(40±2) rpm.
 Stainless steel container
(capacity 55±50ml).
 Stainless steel ball (dia = 0.6
cm, weight = 1 gm).
 Multifibre fabric
 Thermometer.
 Sewing machine.
 Color matching cabinet and
 ISO Scales.
Figure: Wascator
machine.

7. Working Principle:
• A specimen in contact with specified adjacent
fabric is laundered, rinsed and dried.
• The specimen sample is treated under
appropriate condition in a chemical bath for short
time.
• The ratio and an appropriate number of steel
balls.
• The change in color of the specimen (dyed
sample) and the staining of the adjacent fabric is
assessed by recommended Grey scales (1-5).

8. Test sample:
Composite test Sample
10 × 4 cm
Acetate
Cotton
Nylon
Polyester
Acrylic
Wool
Specimen
Adjacent fabric
Multifibre Fabric (ISO)
Steel ball
( Dia = 0.6 & weight = 1 gm
Figure: - Test sample of color fastness to wash.

9. 2. Color fastness to Rubbing:
Method: ENISO-105-×12
Equipment:
 Crock meter
 Cotton rubbing cotton
 Grey scale
 Stop watch
 Color matching cabinet

10. Test Procedure:
• Lock the test specimen onto the base of the crock
meter.
• Using the spinal spring clip, set 5cm×5cm of the
white cotton fabric to the finger of the crock meter.
• Lower the covered finger on the test sample.
• Turn hand crank at the rate of one turn per second
(10×10sec).
• Remove the white rubbing test cloth & evaluate with
grey scale.

11. 3. Color Fastness to Perspiration:
Equipment:
•Perspiration tester
•Oven, maintained at 37±2°C
temperature
•Multifibre test fabric
•Grey scale
•Color matching chamber
• Acedic & alkaline solution
•Weight

12. Working Procedure:
• At first 10cm×4cm original fabric & multifibre fabric is taken.
• Then fabric is wet for 30 minutes.
• Then composite sample between two glass plate or acrylic
plate under a pressure of 4.5 kg.
• After that inter the perisperometer at 37°C, four hours.
• At last fabric at 60°C & test in Grey scales.

13. 4. Color fastness to light:
The purpose of color fastness
to light test is to determine
how much the color will fade
when exposed to a known
light source.

14. Procedure:
 The sample is cut and should be exposed (½
covered and ½ exposed) together with standard
dyed wool samples (1-8). The standard and the
specimen mounted in a frame. The composite
sample must be protected from rain.
The test sample is exposed to light for a certain time
(24 hrs, 36 hrs, 48 hrs, 72hrs) or by customer demand
and compare the change with original unexposed
sample. The changes are assessed by blue scales (1-8).

15. 5. Color fastness to heat pressing:
Apparatus and Materials:
Heating device that can put a pressure on the
specimen of 4 kpa.
A smooth asbestos sheet ( 3-6 mm thickness)
Wool flannel ( approx.260 g/m2, 3 mm thickness )
 A piece of undyed ,bleached and mercerized
cotton cloth
Grey scales
 Standard color matching cabinet
 Distilled water

16. Test procedure
Condition the samples in standard atmosphere of
21±1°C and 65±2°C Rh before testing. Then select the
specified temperature as follows,
110±2°C
150±2°C, 200±2°C
Dry Pressing:
Place the dry specimen on top of the cotton
covering the wool flannel pad.
Lower the top plate of the heating device and
leave the test specimen for 15 sec at the
recommended pressing temperature.

17. Damp Pressing:
Repeat iii a) and soak to 100 % pick up of a piece
of cotton adjacent fabric in distilled water.
 Place the soaked cotton fabric on top of the dry
test specimen and repeat iii (b)
Wet Pressing:
Soak the test specimen and a piece of cotton
adjacent fabric in distilled water and squeeze it to
maintain 100% pick up.
 Place the wet test specimen on top of the dry
cotton cloth covering the wool flannel pad and
repeat iii

18. In Textile industry fastness is very
important factor. Before Bulk
production all required fastness
test is very essential. so we should
know about all fastness

19. Thanks to all for your attention