ASTM D3938-07
(Guide)Standard Guide for Determining or Confirming Care Instructions for Apparel and Other Textile Products
Standard Guide for Determining or Confirming Care Instructions for Apparel and Other Textile Products
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This is a guide to help a manufacturer distributor, or importer establish a reasonable basis for care information.
The manufacturer, distributor, or importer should possess, prior to sale, reliable evidence that the product was not harmed when refurbished reasonably often according to the instructions. Additionally they should possess reliable evidence that the product or a fair sample of the product would be harmed when refurbished by methods warned against on the label.
This guide is intended for general use by those who wish to determine whether apparel or other textile products will perform in an acceptable manner when the care instructions on the label are followed.
Refurbished products are evaluated against previously selected product performance specifications to determine whether the products can be refurbished successfully by following the instructions on the care label.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide may be used to determine and confirm the appropriate care label instructions for apparel, piece goods, and other textile products excluding textile floor coverings and upholstery.
1.2 This guide encompasses the following care procedures: home laundering, professional textile care, and other alternative cleaning methods.
1.3 This guide includes provision for evaluating the complete textile product and the product components.
1.4 This guide covers the performance characteristics as a result of refurbishing that are important in determining the acceptability of a textile product.
1.5 This guide is appropriate for the evaluation of all garments and household textiles that are sold with care labels.
1.5.1 This guide may also be used in connection with the evaluation of similar materials that do not have a care label.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, 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.
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Designation:D3938 −07
StandardGuide for
Determining or Confirming Care Instructions for Apparel
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and Other Textile Products
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D3938; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope Method 188 Colorfastness to Sodium Hypochlorite Bleach
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in Home Laundering
1.1 This guide may be used to determine and confirm the
2.3 Other Standards:
appropriatecarelabelinstructionsforapparel,piecegoods,and
Federal Trade Commission Trade Regulation Rule. Care
other textile products excluding textile floor coverings and
Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel and Certain Piece
upholstery.
Goods. Effective July 3, 1972, As Amended January 2,
1.2 This guide encompasses the following care procedures:
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1984 (cited as 16 CFR 423)
home laundering, professional textile care, and other alterna-
The National Standard of Canada—Care Labeling of Tex-
tive cleaning methods.
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tiles (CAN/CSGB-86.1-M91)
1.3 This guide includes provision for evaluating the com-
plete textile product and the product components.
3. Terminology
1.4 This guide covers the performance characteristics as a 3.1 For all terminology relating to D13.61, Apparel, , refer
result of refurbishing that are important in determining the
to Terminology D3136.
acceptability of a textile product. 3.1.1 The following terms are relevant to this standard: care
instructions, main components.
1.5 This guide is appropriate for the evaluation of all
garments and household textiles that are sold with care labels. 3.2 For all other terms are related to textiles, refer to
1.5.1 This guide may also be used in connection with the
Terminology D123.
evaluation of similar materials that do not have a care label.
3.3 Definitions:
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3.3.1 Fordefinitionsofothertextiletermsusedinthisguide,
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
refer to Terminology D123. For definitions of terms related to
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
care instructions, refer to Terminology D3136.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. 4. Significance and Use
4.1 This is a guide to help a manufacturer distributor, or
2. Referenced Documents
importer establish a reasonable basis for care information.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.2 The manufacturer, distributor, or importer should
D123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
possess,priortosale,reliableevidencethattheproductwasnot
D3136 Terminology Relating to Care Labeling for Apparel,
harmed when refurbished reasonably often according to the
Textile, Home Furnishing, and Leather Products
instructions.Additionallytheyshouldpossessreliableevidence
2.2 AATCC Methods:
that the product or a fair sample of the product would be
Technical Manual of the American Association of Textile
harmed when refurbished by methods warned against on the
Chemists and Colorists
label.
4.3 Thisguideisintendedforgeneralusebythosewhowish
to determine whether apparel or other textile products will
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D13 on Textiles and
is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.62 on Labeling.
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2007. Published April 2007. Originally
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approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as D3938 – 00. DOI: Available from American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, P.O.
10.1520/D3938-07. Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. http://www.aatcc.org.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or Available from Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Washington, DC 20580. http://www.ftc.gov.
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on Available from Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services
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perform in an acceptable manner when the care instructions on 7.3.2 Staining or self-staining, that is transference, or run-
the label are followed. ning of original color from one product to another or from one
area to another area on the same product.
4.4 Refurbished products are evaluated against previously
7.3.3 Distortion and loss or change in surface appearance or
selected produ
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