ASTM D6322-15
Standard Guide to International Test Methods Associated with Textile Care Procedures

Standard No.

ASTM D6322-15

Release Date

2015

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM D6322-15

Scope

4.1 This guide identifies U.S., Canadian and other international test methods used in the process of determining and evaluating textile and apparel care label instruction effectiveness for properties such as colorfastness, susceptibility to damage due to retained bleaching agents, dimensional stability, safe ironing temperatures and appearance retention (see 1.5 for exclusions).

4.2 This guide is intended for general use by those who wish to compare care label evaluation methods of the United States with those of both The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB).

4.3 The inclusion of AATCC, ASTM, CGSB, and ISO test methods provides broad reference information.

4.4 Consult specific ASTM textile fabric, apparel and home furnishing performance specifications for evaluation criteria.

4.4.1 A listing of all ASTM textile performance specifications may be found in Volumes, 07.01 and 07.02 of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. These textile specifications are appropriate for apparel or textile products that have not been wet processed or dyed after the product was sewn into its final form.

4.5 The National Standard of Canada—Care Labelling of Textiles (CAN/CGSB-86 1-2003) includes performance criteria that is used in the evaluation of care claims, including written words or symbols, identified on garments or textile products that are offered for sale in Canada (see Table 1 and Table 2.)

(A) ISO symbols adapted from ISO 3758:2012(E), with the permission of ANSI on behalf of ISO. ©ISO 2012–All rights reserved.

1.1 This guide lists general home laundering and commercial drycleaning textile care procedures and the associated ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists), CGSB (Canadian General Standards Board), and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards available for the testing and evaluation of textile products.

1.2 This guide identifies the national and international textile and apparel test methods available to manufacturers, retailers, importers, testing organizations and other related parties.

1.3 This guide provides a list of test methods that can be used by the reader to evaluate the properties of textiles and apparel during refurbishing, textile and apparel care instructions; and, textile and apparel care labels.

1.4 This guide is not intended to be used in the establishment of performance criteria, but as a guide for product development and purchasing contracts......

ASTM D6322-15 Referenced Document

• ASTM D123 Standard Terminology Relating to Textiles
• ASTM D3136 Standard Terminology Relating to Care Labeling for Apparel, Textile, Home Furnishing, and Leather Products
• ASTM D3938 Standard Guide for Determining or Confirming Care Instructions for Apparel and Other Textile Consumer Products
• ASTM D4720 Standard Practice for Evaluation of the Performance of Soft Window Coverings
• ASTM D4721 Standard Practice for Evaluation of the Performance of Machine Washable and Drycleanable Bedcoverings and Accessories
• ASTM D5489 Standard Guide for Care Symbols for Care Instructions on Textile Products
• CAN/CGSB-86.1-2003 Care Labelling of Textiles
• ISO 105-A01 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part A01: General principles of testing
• ISO 105-A02 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part A02: Grey scale for assessing change in colour; Technical Corrigendum 2
• ISO 105-A03 Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part A03: Grey scale for assessing staining
• ISO 105-A05 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part A05: Instrumental assessment of change in colour for determination of grey scale rating; Technical Corrigendum 2
• ISO 105-C06 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part C06: Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering
• ISO 105-D01 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part D01: Colour fastness to drycleaning using perchloroethylene solvent
• ISO 105-N01 Textiles; tests for colour fastness; part N01: colour fastness to bleaching; hypochlorite
• ISO 105-X11 Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part X11: Colour fastness to hot pressing
• ISO 3578 Steel wire ropes - Standard designations
• ISO 3759 Textiles - Preparation, marking and measuring of fabric specimens and garments in tests for determination of dimensional change
• ISO 5077 Textiles - Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying
• ISO 6330 Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing
• ISO 7768 Textiles - Test method for assessing the smoothness appearance of fabrics after cleansing
• ISO 7769 Textiles - Test method for assessing the appearance of creases in fabrics after cleansing
• ISO 7770 Textiles - Test method for assessing the smoothness appearance of seams in fabrics after cleansing
• ISO 9867 Textiles — Evaluation of the wrinkle recovery of fabrics — Appearance method

ASTM D6322-15 history

• 2015 ASTM D6322-15 Standard Guide to International Test Methods Associated with Textile Care Procedures
• 2007 ASTM D6322-07 Standard Guide to International Test Methods Associated with Textile Care Procedures
• 2000 ASTM D6322-00e1 Standard Guide to International Test Methods Associated with Textile Care Procedures
• 2000 ASTM D6322-00 Standard Guide to International Test Methods Associated with Textile Care Procedures