AMM360A Textile Testing Result PresentationBy Ho Yi Chiu (Chloe)

Winter 2012

Garment Selected for Textile Testing

Harajuku Mini for Target Collection

Girl’s Plaid Sleeveless Ruffle Dress

Fabric ABrushed Cotton

100% Cotton

Fabric BCotton

Homespun100% Cotton

Important Test ResultsTest # Text Name Fabric A Fabric B

1 Laundering, Colorfastness to ✔  

3.5 Tensile Strength ✔  4.5 Tear Strength ✔  5 Dimensional Stability ✔  

12 Abrasion Resistance (Taber) ✔  5/5 0/5

Test #1Laundering, Colorfastness to

Fiber Type Fabric A Rating

Fabric B Rating

Wool (Worsted) 5 5Spun Polyacrylic (Orlon 75) 5 5Spun Polyester (Dacron 54) 5 5Spun Polyamide (Nylon 6, 6) 5 4Bleached Cotton 5 2Filament Acetate 5 5

**Results were rated using the AATCC Gray Scale for Evaluating StainingFrom the scale of 1 (high color transfer) to 5 (no color color transfer)

Fabric A Performed Better

Test #3.5Tensile Strength

  Fabric A Fabric B

  8” x 3” 3” x 8” 8” x 3” 3” x 8”

Yarn being tested Warp Filling Warp Filling

Break Load (lbf) 161.5 80.83 87.95 80.11

Elongation (inch) 0.7348 0.8360 0.4443 0.6086

Elongation (%) 24.49% 27.87% 14.81% 20.29%

Fabric A Performed Better

Test #4.5Tearing Strength

Tearing StrengthFabric A Fabric B

4” x 2” Dry 87 lbs. 60.5 lbs.4” x 2” Wet > 100 lbs. 72 lbs.2” x 4” Dry 81 lbs. 48 lbs.2” x 4” Wet 73 lbs. 45 lbs.

**CPP/AMM Test Method 4.5 was used instead of CPP/AMM Test Method 4because I was unable to obtain digital read-out result for Fabric A (4” x 2” Dry)

Fabric A Performed Better

Test #5Dimensional Stability

**The best performance resulted from Cool Wash / Cool Rinse / Line Dry

Fabric A Performed Better

  Fabric A Fabric B  Warp Filling Warp Filling

Hot wash/Cool rinse/Hot dry - 7.3% - 1.3% - 8.3% - 2.6%

Hot wash/Cool rinse/Cool dry - 9.1% - 2.1% - 8.9% - 3.1%

Warm wash/Cool rinse/Hot dry - 5.2% 0% - 7.1% - 0.8%

Warm wash/Cool rinse/Cool dry - 6.3% - 1.0% - 7.3% - 1.6%

Cool wash/Cool rinse/Hot dry - 5.5% - 1.6% - 8.9% - 1.6%

Cool wash/Cool rinse/Line dry - 3.7% - 0.8% - 6.3% - 0.8%

Test #12Abrasion Resistance (Taber)

Fabric A Performed Better

Fabric A Fabric B

# of rev.

Weight before

test

Weight after test

% weight

loss# of rev.

Weight before

test

Weight after test

% weight

loss

1: Thread Breakage 117 0.192

oz0.186

oz 3.13% 24 0.086 oz

0.085 oz 1.16%

2: 100 Revolution / Rupture

100 0.191 oz

0.186 oz 2.62% 34 0.085

oz0.084

oz 1.18%

3: Rupture 160 0.187 oz

0.178 oz 4.81% / / / /

Conclusion…

Based on the observed test results, Fabric A performed better than Fabric B. Therefore, Fabric A is recommended for the specified garment.