ASTM D4231-01 - 10.5.2001
 
1. Scope

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.

 
2. Referenced Documents

Shirt Components- 15 Photographs

D123-23

Standard Terminology Relating to Textiles

D1776-08

Standard Practice for Conditioning and Testing Textiles

D1683-07

Standard Test Method for Failure in Sewn Seams of Woven Apparel Fabrics

D3136-25

Standard Terminology Relating to Care Labeling for Apparel, Textile, Home Furnishing, and Leather Products

Monograph M6 Standardization of Home Laundry Test Conditions

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Evaluation Procedure 8

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Evaluation Procedure 2

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Evaluation Procedure 1

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188

Colorfastness to Sodium Hypochlorite Bleach in Home Laundering

172

Colorfastness to Powdered Non-Chlorine Bleach in Home Laundering

150

Dimensional Changes of Garments after Home Laundering

143

Appearance of Apparel and Other Textile End Products After Repeated Home Launderings

88B

Smoothness of Seams in Fabrics After Repeated Home Laundering AATCC Technical Manual, available from American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), P.O. Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, http://www.aatcc.org.

D7022-13

Standard Terminology Relating to Apparel

D4154-22

Standard Performance Specification for Men´s and Boys´ Knitted and Woven Beachwear and Sports Shirt Fabrics

D3477-00

Standard Performance Specification for Men's and Boys' Woven Dress Shirt Fabrics (Withdrawn 2005)