ASTM D4235-01(2008)

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Designation:D4235–01 Designation: D 4235 – 01 (Reapproved 2008)
Standard Performance Specification for
Women’s and Girls’ Knitted Blouse and Dress Fabrics
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4235; 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
1.1 This performance specification covers knitted fabrics comprised of any textile fiber or mixture of fibers, used in women’s
and girls’ blouses and dresses women’s and girls’ knitted blouse and dress fabrics composed of any fiber or mixture of textile
fibers.
1.2 These requirements apply to the length and width directions for those properties where each fabric direction is pertinent.
1.3 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.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
D 2594 Test MethodsMethod for Stretch Properties of Knitted Fabrics Having Low Power
D 2724 Test Methods for Bonded, Fused, and Laminated Apparel Fabrics
D2905Practice for Statements on Number of Specimens for Textiles
D 3786Test Method for Hydraulic Bursting Strength of Knitted Goods and Nonwoven Fabrics: Diaphragm Bursting Strength
Tester Method Test Method for Bursting Strength of Textile FabricsDiaphragm Bursting Strength Tester Method
D 3787 Test Method for Bursting Strength of Knitted Goods: TextilesConstant-Rate-of-Traverse (CRT) Ball Burst Test
2.2 AATCC Methods:
8 Colorfastness to Crocking: AATCC Crockmeter Method
15 Colorfastness to Perspiration
16 Colorfastness to Light
23 Colorfastness to Burnt Gas Fumes
61 Colorfastness to Washing, Domestic, and Laundering, Commercial: Accelerated
116 Colorfastness to Crocking: Rotary Vertical Crockmeter Method
124 Appearance of Durable Press Fabrics after Repeated Home Launderings
132 Colorfastness to Drycleaning
135 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Laundering of Durable Press Woven or Knit Fabrics
172 Colorfastness to Non-chlorine Bleach in Home Laundering
188 Colorfastness to Chlorine Bleach in Home Laundering
Evaluation Procedure 1 Gray Scale for Color Change
Evaluation Procedure 2 Gray Scale for Staining
Evaluation Procedure 3 AATCC Chromatic Transference Scale
2.3 Federal Standard:
16 CFR, Chapter II-Consumer Product Safety Commission Subchapter D-Flammable Fabrics Act Regulations.
2.4 Military Standard:
MIL-STD-105D Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes
This performance specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D13 on Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.61 on Apparel.
Current edition approved May 10, 2001. Published July 2001. Originally published as D4235–83. Last previous edition D4253–95.
Current edition approved Aug. 1, 2008. Published October 2008. Originally approved in 1983. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as D 4253 – 01.
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D 4235 – 01 (2008)
NOTE 1—Reference to test methods in this standard give only the permanent part of the designation of ASTM, AATCC, or other test methods. The
current editions of each test method cited shall prevail.
3. Terminology
3.1 Definition:
3.1.1 sheer, n—a fabric that is transparently thin or diaphanous.
3.1.1.1 Discussion—There is no clear distinction between sheer fabrics and nonsheer fabrics. The purchaser and the seller
should agree in advance into which category a fabric should be classified.
3.2 For definitions of other textile terms used in this specification, refer to the individualASTM andAATCC test methods and
to Terminology D 123.
4. Specification Requirements
4.1 The properties of knitted fabrics for women’s and girls’ blouses and dresses shall conform to the specification requirements
in Table 1.
5. Significance and Use
5.1 Upon mutual agreement between the purchaser and the seller, fabrics intended for this end use should meet all of the
requirements listed in Table 1 of this specification.
5.2 It is recognized that for purposes of fashion or aesthetics, the ultimate consumer of articles made from these fabrics may
find acceptable fabrics that do not conform to all of the requirements in Table 1. Therefore, one or more of the requirements listed
in Table 1 may be modified by mutual agreement between the purchaser and the seller.
5.2.1 In such cases, any references to the specification shall specify that: “This fabric meetsASTM Specification D 4235 except
for the following characteristic(s).”
5.3 Where no prepurchase agreement has been reached between the purchaser and the seller, and in case of controversy, the
requirements listed in Table 1 are intended to be used as a guide only.As noted in 5.2, ultimate consumer demands dictate varying
performance parameters for any particular style of fabric.
5.4 The uses and significance of particular properties and test methods are discussed in the appropriate sections of the specified
test methods.
6. Sampling
6.1 Lot Sample—As a lot sample for acceptance testing, take at random the number of rolls as directed in an applicable
A
TABLE 1 Specification Requirement
Requirements
Characteristic Section
Sheer Fabrics NonSheer Fabrics
B
Bursting Strength (ball burst) 20 lbf (89 N), min 30 lbf (133 N), min 7.1
Dimensional Change:
Laundering (see 7.2.1.2) 3 % max 3 % max 7.2.1
Drycleaning 3 % max 3 % max 7.2.2
Colorfastness:
Burnt gas fumes, 2 cycles 7.3.1
C C
Shade Change, original Class 4 , min Class 4 ,min
C C
Shade change, after one laundering Class 4 , min Class 4 ,min
or
one drycleaning
Laundering: 7.3.2
C C
Shade Change Class 4 , min Class 4 ,min
D D
Staining Class 3 , min Class 3 ,min
Drycleaning: 7.3.3
C C
Shade Change Class 4 , min Class 4 ,min
Crocking: 7.3.4
E E
Dry Class 4 , min Class 4 ,min
E E
Wet Class 3 , min Class 3 ,min
Perspiration: 7.3.5
C C
Shade Change Class 4 , min Class 4 ,min
D D
Staining Class 3 , min Class 3 ,min
C C
Light (20 AA
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