ASTM D5378-93

Standard Performance Specification for Woven and Knitted Shower Curtains for Institutional and Household Use

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the evaluation of specific performance characteristics of importance in woven and knitted shower curtains for use in institutional and household environments.  
1.2 This specification may be used by mutual agreement between purchaser and supplier to establish purchasing specification requirements.  
1.3 The requirements in Table 1 apply to the length and width directions for those properties where fabric direction is pertinent.  
1.4 This specification is not applicable for coated, laminated or vinyl product.  
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Oct-2000
• Technical Committee: D13 - Textiles
• Drafting Committee: D13.63 - Home Furnishings

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM D5378-93(2000) - Standard Performance Specification for Woven and Knitted Shower Curtains for Institutional and Household Use (Withdrawn 2009)
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2000
• Referred By: ASTM D7023-06(2018) - Standard Terminology Relating to Home Furnishings
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2000
• Referred By: ASTM D4850-23 - Standard Terminology Relating to Fabrics and Fabric Test Methods
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2000

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D 5378 – 93
Standard Performance Specification for
Woven and Knitted Shower Curtains for Institutional and
Household Use
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5378; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
TABLE 1 Specification Requirements
1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers the evaluation of specific NOTE 1—Class in a, b, and c, is based on a numerical scale of 5 for
negligible or no color change or color transfer to 1 for severe color change
performance characteristics of importance in woven and knit-
or color transfer.
ted shower curtains for use in institutional and household
Characteristic Requirement Section
environments.
1.2 This specification may be used by mutual agreement Breaking Force (Load) (CRT) 7.1.1
Dry 178 N (40 lbf), minimum
between purchaser and supplier to establish purchasing speci-
Wet 89 N (20 lbf), minimum
fication requirements.
Bursting Force (Knit Fabrics) 178 N (40 lbf), minimum 7.1.2
1.3 The requirements in Table 1 apply to the length and Nonfibrous Material 3.0 % maximum 7.1.3
Dimensional Change (L3 W) 3.0 % maximum 7.1.4
width directions for those properties where fabric direction is
Fabric Appearance 5A 3.0 minimum 7.2.1
pertinent.
Bow and Skewness 4.0 % maximum 7.1.5
1.4 This specification is not applicable for coated, laminated Colorfastness:
Laundering 7.1.6.1
or vinyl product.
A
Shade change Class 4 minimum
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the B
Stain Class 3 minimum
Crocking 7.1.6.2
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
C
Dry Class 4 minimum
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
C
Wet Class 4 minimum
A
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Light (20 AATCC FU) (xenon arc) Step 4 minimum 7.1.6.3
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. Water Resistance 7.1.7
Categories based on minimum time for
1-g weight
2. Referenced Documents
2 ft (600 mm) 30 s shower
2.1 ASTM Standards: 2 ft (600 mm) 2 minute rain
2 3 ft (915 mm) 5 minute storm
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
Flammability Pass 7.1.8
D 629 Test Methods for Quantitative Analysis of Textiles
Appearance Retention Satisfactory 7.2.1
D 1776 Practice for Conditioning Textiles for Testing
A
AATCC Gray Scale for Color Change.
B
D 2905 Standard Practice for Statements on Number of
AATCC Gray Scale for Staining.
C
AATCC Chromatic Transference Scale.
Specimens for Textiles
D 3136 Terminology for Care Labels for Consumer Textile
and Leather Product
2.2 AATCC Methods:
D 3786 Bursting Strength, Hydraulic, of Knitted and Non-
8 Colorfastness to Crocking
woven Fabrics—Diaphram Bursting Strength Tester
16a Colorfastness to Light: Carbon Arc Lamp Continuous
Method
Light
D 3882 Test Method for Bow Skewness (Bias) in Woven
16E Colorfastness to Light: Water Cooled Xenon-Arc, Con-
and Knitted Fabrics
tinuous Light
D 3938 Guide for Evaluation of Textile Products in Relation
35 Water Resistance: Rain Test
to Refurbishing Described on Care Labels
61 Colorfastness to Washing, Domestic and Laundering
D 5034 Standard Test Method for Breaking Force and
Commercial, Accelerated
Elongation of Textile Fabrics (Grab Test)
88B Appearance of Seams in Wash and Wear Items After
Home Laundering
135 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Laundering
This performance specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee of Woven or Knitted Fabrics
D-13 on Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.63 on Home
Furnishings.
Current edition approved April 15, 1993. Published September 1993.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.01. Available from AATCC, American Association of Textile Chemists and
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.02. Colorists, P.O. Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
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D 5378
96 Dimensional Changes in Laundering of Woven and 5.2 Lot Samples and Laboratory Samples—For acceptance
Knitted Fabrics Except Wool testing, take lot samples and laboratory samples as directed in
each of the applicable test methods.
97 Non-Cotton Content of Bleached Cotton Textiles
5.3 Specimens—Take the number of specimens directed in
116 Colorfastness to Crocking: Rotary Vertical Crockmeter
each of the applicable test methods. Perform the tests on the
Method
product as it reaches the customer. Any “partially finished” or
143 Appearance of Apparel and Other Textile End Use
“post-finish” fabrics should be processed in accordance with
Products After Repeated Home Launderings
the fabric manufacturer’s instructions.
Evaluation Procedure 1 Gray Scale for Color Change
5.4 If the applicable test method does not specify the
Evaluation Procedure 2 Gray Scale for Staining
number of specimens, use the procedures in Practice D 2905 to
Evaluation Procedure 3 AATCC Chromatic Transference
determine the number of specimens per laboratory sample unit.
Scale
Use (1) a reliable estimate of the responsibility of individual
NOTE 1—Reference to test methods in this performance specification
observations on similar materials in the user’s laboratory, (2) a
give only the pertinent part of the designation of ASTM, AATCC or other
95 % probability level, and (3) an allowable difference of 5 %
test methods. The current edition of each test method shall prevail.
of the average between the test results on laboratory sampling
units and the average for the laboratory sampling unit. The
3. Terminology
average of a laboratory sampling unit is the average that would
3.1 Definitions:
be obtained by applying the test method to all of the potential
3.1.1 knitted fabric, n—a structure produced by interlooping
specimens from the laboratory sampling unit.
one or more ends of yarn or comparable material.
6. Specification Requirements
3.1.2 shower curtain, n—a hanging fabric used to prevent
water spillage from a shower area. 6.1 Fabrics—The properties of fabrics for institutional and
3.1.3 woven fabric, n—a structure produced when at least household shower curtains shall conform to the specification
two sets of strands are interlaced, usually at right angles to each requirements in Table 1.
other, according to a predetermined pattern of interlacing and 6.2 Product—The properties to be evaluated and the accep-
such that at least one set is parallel to the axis along the tance criteria assigned to these areas shall be set by mutual
lengthwise direction of the fabric. agreement between purchaser and supplier.
3.1.4 For definitions of other textile terms used in this
7. Testing for Household and Institutional Use
standard, refer to individual ASTM Standards and AATCC Test
7.1 Test Methods:–Fabric—The physical and colorfastness
Methods, Terminology D 123, and Terminology D 3136.
properties of the fabric in the shower curtains products shall be
evaluated as directed as follows:
4. Significance and Use
7.1.1 Breaking Force (Load)—Determine the breaking
4.1 Upon mutual agreement between the purchaser and the
force as directed in the grab test procedure of Test Methods
seller, woven and knitted products intended for this end use
D 5034, using a constant-rate-of-traverse (CRT) tensile testing
should meet all of the
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