ASTM D4231-01e1
(Practice)Standard Practice for Evaluation of Launderable Woven Dress Shirts and Sports Shirts
Standard Practice for Evaluation of Launderable Woven Dress Shirts and Sports Shirts
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1.1 This practice covers the evaluation of specific characteristics of importance in launderable woven dress shirts and sport shirts.
1.2 Any launderable woven dress shirt or sport shirt may be evaluated using this practice, but it shall not be construed to be a standard of performance.
1.3 This practice may be used by mutual agreement between the purchaser and supplier to establish purchasing specifications.
1.4 This practice is not intended to be used in the evaluation of woven dress shirts or sport shirts when drycleaned or hand-washed.
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Designation:D4231–01
Standard Practice for
Evaluation of Launderable Woven Dress Shirts and Sports
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Shirts
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4231; 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.
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e NOTE—Adjunct references were corrected editorially in July 2006.
1. Scope 88B Appearance of Seams in Wash and Wear Items After
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Home Laundering
1.1 This practice covers the evaluation of specific charac-
143 Appearance ofApparel and Other Textile End Products
teristics of importance in launderable woven dress shirts and
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After Repeated Home Launderings
sport shirts.
150 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Laundering
1.2 Any launderable woven dress shirt or sport shirt may be
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of Garments
evaluated using this practice, but it shall not be construed to be
172 Colorfastness to Non-Chlorine Bleach in Home Laun-
a standard of performance.
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dering
1.3 Thispracticemaybeusedbymutualagreementbetween
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188 Colorfastness to Chlorine Bleach in Home Laundering
the purchaser and supplier to establish purchasing specifica-
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Evaluation Procedure 1
tions.
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Evaluation Procedure 2
1.4 This practice is not intended to be used in the evaluation
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Evaluation Procedure 8
of woven dress shirts or sport shirts when drycleaned or
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Standardization of Home Laundry Test Conditions
hand-washed.
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2.3 ASTM Adjuncts:
2. Referenced Documents
Shirt Components- 15 Photographs
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
3. Terminology
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of textile terms used in this
D 1683 Test Method for Failure in Sewn Seams of Woven
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practice, refer to the individual ASTM Standards and AATCC
Fabrics
Test Methods and to Terminology D 123.
D 1776 Practice for Conditioning Textiles for Testing
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
D 3136 Terminology Relating to Labels for Textile and
3.2.1 dress shirt, n—a shirt designed to be worn with a tie
Leather Products Other Than Textile Floor Coverings and
and jacket and made with a specific collar size or numerical
Upholstery
designation.
D 3477 Performance Specification for Men’s and Boy’s
3.2.1.1 Discussion—For men’s dress shirts, an additional
Woven Dress Shirt Fabrics
size designation may be used to identify the sleeve length.
D 3938 Guide for Determining or Confirming Care Instruc-
3.2.2 sport shirt, n—a shirt designed to be worn either
tions for Apparel and Other Textile Consumer Products
informally or with a jacket, and which uses an alphabetical,
D 4154 Performance Specification for Men’s and Boys’
numerical, or alphanumerical size designator.
Knitted and Woven Beachwear and Sports Shirt Fabrics
2.2 AATCC Test Methods:
4. Significance and Use
4.1 This practice may be used to evaluate pertinent perfor-
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ThispracticeisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeD13onTextilesand
mance characteristics of men’s and boys’ launderable woven
is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.61 on Apparel.
dress shirts and sport shirts.
Current edition approved May 10, 2001. Published August 2001. Originally
published as D 4231 – 89. Discontinued April 1998 and reinstated as D 4231 – 00.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM AATCC Technical Manual, available from theAmericanAssociation of Textile
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on Chemists and Colorists, P.O. Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
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the ASTM website. Photographic standards for evaluating shirt components are available from
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Discontinued 1999, see 1998 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.01. ASTM International Headquarters. Order Adjunct NO. : ADJD4231.
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D4231–01
4.2 The characteristics to be evaluated and the acceptance 6.3.1 Seam Failure—Evaluate seam failure as directed in
criteria assigned to these areas shall be set by mutual agree- Test Method D 1683.
ment between purchaser and supplier.
6.3.2 Seam Pucker—Examine shirt(s) for seam pucker us-
4.3 The uses and significance of specific properties are ingAATCC Method 88B and photographs described in Fig. 1,
discussed in the appropriate test methods and performance
Fig. 2, and Fig. 3 (See ).
specifications.
6.3.3 Shade Difference—Examine shirts(s) for shade differ-
ence from part to part as directed in AATCC Evaluation
5. Sampling, Selection, and Number of Specimens
Procedure 1.
6.3.4 Shi
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