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he following changes have been made in AATCC testTmethods since publication of the 2010 edition of theTECHNICAL MANUAL. The copy deadline for changes in the2011 edition was May 2010.

The following test methods were editorially revised todo one or more of the following: (†) delete from theSafety Statement the date of the OSHA 29 CFR1910.1000 document and put in “to check the OSHA website for the latest version”; (‡) changes made to the evalu-ation section of the test to indicate referral to eitherAATCC Evaluation Procedures 1 (Gray Scale for ColorChange) and 7 (Instrumental Assessment of the Changein Color of a Test Specimen) or AATCC Evaluation Pro-cedures 2 (Gray Scale for Staining), 8 (AATCC 9-StepChromatic Transference Scale), or 12 (Instrumental As-sessment of Degree of Staining). With this reference, theredundant grading steps have been removed. A note hasalso been added to each method to indicate that Precisionand Bias statements used visual assessment data for theirdevelopment; (*) or changes to evaluation section of thetest to indicate referral to the appropriate AATCC Eval-uation Procedure for either Change in Color or Stainingbut do not currently have a precision and bias statementor used instrumental assessment in development of theirprecision and bias statement:

*6-2006, Colorfastness to Acids and Alkalis‡8-2007, Colorfastness to Crocking: Crockmeter Method*15-2009, Colorfastness to Perspiration*16-2004, Colorfastness to Light†30-2004, Antifungal Activity, Assessment on Textile Mate-rials: Mildew and Rot Resistance of Textile Materials†43-2009, Wetting Agents for Mercerization†82-2007, Fluidity of Dispersions of Cellulose fromBleached Cotton Cloth†86-2005, Drycleaning: Durability of Applied Designs andFinishes†89-2008, Mercerization in Cotton†92-2009, Chlorine, Retained, Tensile Loss: Single SampleMethod†94-2007, Finishes in Textiles: Identification†97-2009, Extractable Content of Textiles†98-2007, Alkali in Bleach Baths Containing HydrogenPeroxide†100-2004, Antibacterial Finishes on Textile Materials: As-sessment of†*101-2009, Colorfastness to Bleaching with HydrogenPeroxide†102-2007, Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide by Potas-sium Permanganate Titration†103-2009, Bacterial Alpha-Amylase Enzymes used in De-sizing, Assay of*106-2009, Colorfastness to Water: Sea*107-2009, Colorfastness to Water†*109-2005, Colorfastness to Ozone in the Atmosphere un-der Low Humidities†112-2008, Formaldehyde Release from Fabric, Determina-tion of: Sealed Jar Method

*117-2009, Colorfastness to Heat: Dry (Excluding Pressing)†118-2007, Oil Repellency: Hydrocarbon Resistance Test*119-2009, Color Change Due to Flat Abrasion (Frosting):Screen Wire Method*120-2009, Color Change Due to Flat Abrasion (Frosting):Emery Method*125-2009, Colorfastness to Perspiration and Light†‡132-2009, Colorfastness to Drycleaning*133-2009, Colorfastness to Heat: Hot Pressing†136-2009, Bond Strength of Bonded and Laminated Fabrics‡137-2007, Rug Back Staining on Vinyl Tile†140-2006, Dye and Pigment Migration in a Pad-Dry Process:Evaluation of†141-2009, Compatibility of Basic Dyes for Acrylic Fibers†142-2005, Appearance of Flocked Fabrics after RepeatedHome Laundering and/or Coin-Op Drycleaning†144-2007, Alkali in Wet Processed Textiles: Total†146-2006, Dispersibility of Disperse Dyes: Filter Test†147-2004, Antibacterial Activity Assessment of TextileMaterials: Parallel Streak Method†149-2007, Chelating Agents: Chelation Value of Aminopoly-carboxylic Acids and Their Salts; Calcium Oxalate Method†154-2006, Thermal Fixation Properties of Disperse Dyes†158-2005, Dimensional Changes on Drycleaning in Per-chloroethylene: Machine Method†161-2007, Chelating Agents: Disperse Dye Shade ChangeCaused by Metals; Control of†*162-2009, Colorfastness to Water: Chlorinated Pool‡163-2007, Colorfastness: Dye Transfer in Storage; Fabric-to-Fabric†*164-2006, Colorfastness to Oxides of Nitrogen in the At-mosphere under High Humidities‡165-2008, Colorfastness to Crocking: Textile Floor Cover-ing—Crockmeter Method†167-2008, Foaming Propensity of Disperse Dyes†168-2007, Chelating Agents: Active Ingredient Content ofPolyaminopolycarboxylic Acids and Their Salts; Copper PANMethod†174-2007, Antimicrobial Activity Assessment of Carpets†176-2006, Speckiness of Colorant Dispersions: Evaluation of†182-2005, Relative Color Strength of Dyes in Solution†189-2007, Fluorine Content of Carpet Fibers†193-2007, Aqueous Liquid Repellency: Waster/AlcoholSolution Resistance†194-2008, Assessment of the Anti-House Dust Mite Prop-erties of Textiles under Long-Term Test Conditions

Methods with other changes:

17-2010, Wetting Agents, Evaluation of. Reaffirmed.

20-2010, Fiber Analysis: Qualitative. Revised to addTriexta fibers throughout method and to add in the notes areference to China’s Document GB 16-2262, “MicrographCollection for Cashmere Fiber Morphology.” Other minoreditorial changes were made in the Safety Statement to con-tact the OSHA web site for latest version of the OSHA 29CFR 1910.1000 document.

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20A-2010, Fiber Analysis: Quantitative. Revised to addTriexta fibers and to develop a solvent separation procedure8 using Dimethylacetamide as well as adding a reference toIWTO 58 “Quantitative Analysis of Blends of Wool withSpecialty Fibers by Scanning Electron Microscope.” Otherminor editorial changes were made in the Safety Statementto contact the OSHA web site for latest version of the OSHA29 CFR 1910.1000 document.

22-2010, Water Repellency: Spray Test. Reaffirmed.

23-2010, Colorfastness to Burnt Gas Fumes. Reaffirmedand editorially revised to indicate in the Safety Statement tocontact the OSHA web site for latest version of the OSHA29 CFR 1910.1000 document; and to change the evaluationsection of the test to indicate referral to AATCC EvaluationProcedures 1 (Gray Scale for Color Change) and 7 (Instru-mental Assessment of the Change in Color of a Test Speci-men). With this reference, the redundant grading steps havebeen removed.

61-2010, Colorfastness to Laundering: Accelerated. Re-vised to add the alternate use of the 2003 AATCC StandardReference Liquid Detergent. Editorial changes have alsobeen made to the Evaluation Section to indicate referral toAATCC Evaluation Procedures 1 (Gray Scale for ColorChange), 7 (Instrumental Assessment of the Change in Colorof a Test Specimen), 2 (Gray Scale for Staining), 8 (AATCC9-Step Chromatic Transference Scale) and 12 (InstrumentalAssessment of Degree of Staining). With this reference, theredundant grading steps have been removed. A note has alsobeen added to indicate that Precision and Bias statementsused visual assessment data for their development.

70-2010, Water Repellency: Tumble Jar Dynamic Ab-sorption Test. Reaffirmed.

79-2010, Absorbency of Textiles. Revised extensively to in-clude a second Option, Option B-Medicine Dropper. OptionB was first published as an unofficial method in the 2004AATCC/ASTM International’s Concept 2 Consumer Techni-cal Supplement: A Compilation of Procedures and Guide-lines for Textile Products, TS-018, and as MM-TS-01, QuickWater Absorbency procedure, in the 2008 AATCC/ASTMInternational’s Moisture Management Technical Supple-ment: Applicable to Apparel, Linens and Soft Goods. The re-vision also included a new precision and bias statement.

88B-2010, Smoothness of Seams in Fabrics after Re-peated Home Laundering. Revised to delete Tables III andIV and instead refer users to the AATCC Monograph, “Stan-dardization of Home Laundry Test Conditions,” for the mostrecent updates. The ballast information in Table I was alsoedited. In addition, an editorial change was made in Fig. 1 toindicate a tolerance of 5 ± 0.5° instead of 0.1° on the viewingangle.

88C-2010, Retention of Creases in Fabrics after Re-peated Home Laundering. Revised to delete Tables III andIV and instead refer users to the AATCC Monograph, “Stan-dardization of Home Laundry Test Conditions,” for the mostrecent updates. The ballast information in Table I was alsoedited. In addition, an editorial change was made in Figs. 1

and 2 to indicate a tolerance of 5 ± 0.5° instead of 0.1° on theviewing angle.

104-2010, Colorfastness to Water Spotting. Revised to in-clude a statement in 1.1 that white fabrics can exhibit colorchange, and to add tolerances to the test specimen in 6.1.Also, a change to Section 8, Evaluation, has been made to in-dicate referral to AATCC Evaluation Procedures 1 (GrayScale for Color Change) and 7 (Instrumental Assessment ofthe Change in Color of a Test Specimen). With this refer-ence, the redundant grading steps have been removed.

114-2005, Chlorine, Retained, Tensile Loss: MultipleSample Method. Technical Correction made to correct So-dium tetraphosphate formula in 5.8.

116-2010, Colorfastness to Crocking: Rotary VerticalCrockmeter Method. Reaffirmed and editorially revised toindicate referral to AATCC Evaluation Procedures 1 (GrayScale for Color Change) and 7 (Instrumental Assessment ofthe Change in Color of a Test Specimen). With this refer-ence, the redundant grading steps have been removed.

121-2010, Carpet Soiling: Visual Rating Method. Reaf-firmed.

124-2010, Smoothness Appearance of Fabrics after Re-peated Home Laundering. Revised to delete Tables III andIV and instead refer users to the AATCC Monograph, “Stan-dardization of Home Laundry Test Conditions,” for the mostrecent updates. The ballast information in Table I was alsoedited. In addition, an editorial change was made in Fig 1 toindicate a tolerance of 5 ± 0.5° instead of 0.1° on the viewingangle.

128-2009, Wrinkle Recovery of Fabrics: AppearanceMethod. Editorially revised to make a change in Fig 1 to indi-cate a tolerance of 5 ± 0.5° instead of 0.1° on the viewing angle.

129-2010, Colorfastness to Ozone in the Atmosphere un-der High Humidities. Reaffirmed and editorially revised tochange the one cycle of fade color change units in the Con-trol Sleeve 129. Also, a change to Section 8, Evaluation, hasbeen made to indicate referral to AATCC Evaluation Proce-dures 1 (Gray Scale for Color Change) and 7 (InstrumentalAssessment of the Change in Color of a Test Specimen)(with this reference, the redundant grading steps have beenremoved); and to indicate in the Safety Statement to contactthe OSHA web site for latest version of the OSHA 29 CFR1910.1000 document.

130-2010, Soil Release: Oily Stain Release Method. Re-vised to bring the wash fill level, the detergent types allowedand the detergent amount used, in line with the AATCCMonograph “Standardization of Home Laundry Test Condi-tions,” and other AATCC test methods; and to add the alter-nate use of AATCC Standard Reference Liquid DetergentWOB.

135-2010, Dimensional Changes of Fabrics after HomeLaundering. Revised to delete Tables II and III referring toWashing Machine Setting Conditions without Load andTumble Dry Conditions; and instead refer users to theAATCC Monograph, “Standardization of Home LaundryTest Conditions.”

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138-2010, Cleaning: Washing of Textile Floor Covering.Reaffirmed.143-2010, Appearance of Apparel and Other Textile EndProducts after Repeated Home Laundering. Revised todelete Tables III and IV and instead refer users to theAATCC Monograph, “Standardization of Home LaundryTest Conditions,” for the most recent updates. The ballast in-formation in Table I was also edited. In addition, an editorialchange was made in Figs. 1 and 2 to indicate a tolerance of 5± 0.5° instead of 0.1° on the viewing angle.150-2010, Dimensional Changes of Garments after HomeLaundering. Revised to delete Tables III and IV and insteadrefer users to the AATCC Monograph, “Standardization ofHome Laundry Test Conditions,” for the most recent updates.157-2010, Colorfastness to Solvent Spotting: Perchloroet-hylene. Reaffirmed and editorially revised to change Section8, Evaluation to indicate referral to AATCC Evaluation Pro-cedures 8 (AATCC 9-Step Chromatic Transference Scale)and 12 (Instrumental Assessment of Degree of Staining)(with this reference, the redundant grading steps have beenremoved) and to indicate in the Safety Statement to contactthe OSHA web site for latest version of the OSHA 29 CFR1910.1000 document.159-2006, Transfer of Acid and Premetallized Acid Dyeson Nylon. Editorially revised to change Section 7, Evalua-tion, to indicate referral to AATCC Evaluation Procedures 1(Gray Scale for Color Change), and 2 (Gray Scale for Stain-ing); and to indicate in the Safety Statement to contact theOSHA web site for latest version of the OSHA 29 CFR1910.1000 document.171-2010, Carpets: Cleaning of; Hot Water ExtractionMethod. Reaffirmed and editorially revised to rearrangenotes in Section 11.172-2010, Colorfastness to Powdered Non-ChlorineBleach in Home Laundering. Revised to delete Tables IIand III referring to Washing Machine Setting Conditionswithout Load and Tumble Dry Conditions; and instead referusers to the AATCC Monograph, “Standardization of HomeLaundry Test Conditions,” for the most recent updates; toadd the alternate use of liquid detergent; change made to theEvaluation Section 9 to indicate referral to AATCC Evalua-tion Procedures 1 (Gray Scale for Color Change), and 7 (In-strumental Assessment of the Change in Color of a TestSpecimen). With this reference, the redundant grading stepshave been removed. A note has also been added to indicatethat Precision and Bias statements used visual assessmentdata for their development. Also a change to indicate in theSafety Statement to contact the OSHA web site for latestversion of the OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1000 document.179-2010, Skewness Change in Fabric and GarmentTwist Resulting from Automatic Home Laundering. Re-vised to delete Tables II and III referring to Washing Ma-chine Setting Conditions without Load and Tumble DryConditions; and instead refer users to the AATCC Mono-graph, “Standardization of Home Laundry Test Conditions,”for the most recent updates.183-2010, Transmittance or Blocking of ErythemallyWeighted Ultraviolet Radiation through Fabrics. Revised

to add a precision and bias statement, and to add Appendix Breferencing ASTM labeling guide and exposure methods.The wet pickup was also changed from 150 to 140 ± 5%.

184-2010, Dusting Behavior of Dyes: Determination of.Reaffirmed.

188-2010, Colorfastness to Sodium Hypochlorite Bleachin Home Laundering. Revised to delete Tables II and III re-ferring to Washing Machine Setting Conditions withoutLoad and Tumble Dry Conditions; and instead refer users tothe AATCC Monograph, “Standardization of Home LaundryTest Conditions,” for the most recent updates; to add the al-ternate use of liquid detergent; change made to the Evalua-tion Section 10 to indicate referral to AATCC EvaluationProcedures 1 (Gray Scale for Color Change), and 7 (Instru-mental Assessment of the Change in Color of a Test Speci-men). With this reference, the redundant grading steps havebeen removed. Also a change to indicate in the Safety State-ment to contact the OSHA web site for latest version of theOSHA 29 CFR 1910.1000 document.

190-2010, Colorfastness to Home Laundering with Acti-vated Oxygen Bleach Detergent: Accelerated. Revised toadd the alternate use of the 2003 AATCC Standard Refer-ence Liquid Detergent; change made to the Evaluation Sec-tion 8 to indicate referral to AATCC Evaluation Procedures 1(Gray Scale for Color Change), and 7 (Instrumental Assess-ment of the Change in Color of a Test Specimen).

195-2010, Liquid Moisture Management Properties ofTextile Fabrics. Reaffirmed.

AATCC Evaluation Procedure 8-2010, AATCC 9-StepChromatic Transference Scale. Revised to remove Table 1listing the Munsell Notations and CIE L*a*b* color coordi-nates for color chips. The user should instead refer to theNotes section of the evaluation procedure for the correcttechniques for evaluating the condition of the Scale.

AATCC Evaluation Procedure 9-2010, Visual Assess-ment of Color Difference of Textiles. Revised to correct theColor Temperature of Illuminant, Cool White Fluorescent,from 4230 ± 200K to 4150 ± 350K. Also, Fig. 1 now reflectsthe viewing positions preferred for the different options.

AATCC Evaluation Procedure 11-2008, SpectrophotometerUV Energy Calibration Procedure for Optically BrightenedTextiles. Editorially revised to add picture as Fig. 1 to dem-onstrate the position of the sample at the instrument.

AATCC Evaluation Procedure 12-2010, InstrumentalAssessment of Degree of Staining. New AATCC evaluationprocedure to be used as an alternative to the visual method ofAATCC Evaluation Procedure 2, Gray Scale for Staining, forassessing the degree of staining on a fabric test specimenused in colorfastness tests. This procedure is applicable toany test method referring to the Gray Scale for Staining.

Standardization of Home Laundry Test ConditionsMonograph. Revised to add the top loading washing ma-chine parameters to update Table II. Additional changes weremade to update the monograph to include the wash condi-tions and parameters for the front loading washing machines.