AATCC Test Methods


  • Absorbency of bleached textiles
  • Alkali in bleach baths containing hydrogen peroxide
  • Appearance of apparel and other home textiles after repeated launderings
  • Ash content of bleached cellulosic textiles
  • Instrumental color measurement of textiles
  • Colorfastness to acids and alkalis
  • Colorfastness to bleaching with chlorine

  • Colorfastness to bleaching with peroxide
  • Dimensional changes in automatic home laundering of woven or knitted fabrics
  • Dimensional changes in commercial laundering of woven or knit fabrics
  • Extractable content of greige and/or prepared textiles
  • Qualitative and quantitative fiber analysis
  • Gray scale for color change
  • Gray scale for staining
  • Mercerization in cotton
  • pH of water-extract from bleached textiles
  • Whiteness of textiles
  • Wrinkle-recovery of fabrics