articles about the textiles testing by Testex
This will be the most comprehensive guide on the topic of color fastness, in this guide, you will learn the classification of the color fastness, and the way to test, improve and avoid the poor color fastness performance, and much…
The first part is about the quality definition, what is garment quality, if you already have a good picture of what defines garment quality control, what is quality, you can skip to Chapter 1. Garment Quality Control: Before the article…
Clothes do fade ... this is kind of truth, while, if fading happens too fast, this is not acceptable. In this article, our textile lab testing engineer Mr. Ho will share his knowledge in predicting the fading performance of fabric…
The standard ISO 11092 uses the sweating guarded hotplate method, the skin model method, to simulate the heat and moisture transfer process close to the human skin, and to test the thermal resistance and water vapor resistance of textiles under…
ASTM D4060: Standard test method for abrasion resistance of organic coating by the Taber abraser. Many mechanical parts require impact resistance, corrosion resistance and wear resistance, but most of the substrate cannot meet these requirements itself. In order to reduce…
What is the dyeing of textiles? Dyeing is the application of dyes or pigments on textile materials such as fibers, yarns, and fabrics with the goal of achieving color with desired color fastness through physical or chemical action. Textile dyeing is to be able to select and use dyes reasonably, make dyeing process…
The tester found that the test results were quite different from the same sample which measured between laboratory with 21℃, 65% RH and workshop with 28℃, 40% RH. In addition, the temperature and humidity of the sample itself will also affect…
The textile is the necessity of our health and good life, and the fiber is the basic material for making the textile, so it is necessary to know the textile fiber in order to transform the textile to meet the…
The outdoor durability of textiles is directly related to the color fastness to light. In international trade, many products are returned due to their light fastness rating can not meet the contract requirements, which has caused great losses to enterprises.…
What's the Taber Abrasion Test? Abrasion: in the relative motion of objects in contact with each other, the phenomenon of continuous loss, transfer or residual deformation of surface materials is called abrasion, which is the inevitable result of friction. Most abrasion…
What are coated fabrics, coated textiles? What are the development and future trend of coated textiles? Only by understanding coated textiles can we better guide the future development of coated textiles. 1 What is the coating? The concept of coating:…
1 What is down feather? What's the purpose and scope? The down feather of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Powder down is a specialized type of down found only in a few…
Color fastness to perspiration: The color fastness to perspiration (acid and alkaline) refers to the ability not to fade and not to stain when the dyed fabric is perspired, and it is one of the main color fastness testing items…
Why do you need to Improve the Safety Performance of Textile Products? The above recall cases are being performed and will continue to be performed. The main reason is that most textile enterprises have not kept up with the changing…
Textile fabric, such as bedsheets, clothes, etc., a lot of them will lose color after washing, some products fade seriously, even after washing many times, there will still be discolored. In life, there are a lot of complaints about the…
New clothes and bags, tend to be the lady’s favorite. But a bag which you like, can’t be taken out. The reason for the problem， comes from a cloth. What’s going on? News report: A lady bought a cloth, after…
Color Fastness to washing is one of common test items of textile dyeing fastness, mainly testing the color dyeing fastness of textile fabrics for garment and home textile products after one or more simulations of household and commercial washing. The…
In our daily life, we can observe that garments are often subjected to tear and pilling as well as another awkward situation—snagging. The Contrast of the Snag Sweater and the Normal Sweater What is a snag in clothing? Snagging—fiber and yarn…
Washing fastness test is to simulate the color firmness of textiles in different detergents and washing environments. There are many methods for testing the color fastness to washing in laboratory. Different methods may have some differences in temperature, washing liquids,…
Colour fastness of textiles (hereinafter abbreviated as colour fastness) refers to the degree of fading for dyed or printed fabrics under the influence of external factors (extrusion, friction, washing, rain, sun exposure, light, seawater impregnation, saliva impregnation, water impregnation, sweat…
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