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How elastic is tested for fatigue
Short answer: Elastic is tested for fatigue by being stretched and released many times in a row. Afterwards you measu...
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What a button test is
Short answer: A button test measures how much force it takes to tear off a button, a rivet or a snap fastener. The re...
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How seam strength is tested
Short answer: Seam strength is tested by clamping a sample with a seam in the middle and pulling until the seam gives...
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What a tensile test shows
Short answer: A tensile test clamps a strip of fabric between two jaws that are pulled apart until the fabric breaks....
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How light fastness is measured
Short answer: Light fastness is measured by covering part of the sample and exposing the rest to strong light in a ca...
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What a perspiration test on fabric involves
Short answer: A sweat test shows whether the colour in a fabric holds when the fabric gets damp from perspiration. Th...
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How colour fastness is tested by rubbing
Short answer: A white standard fabric is rubbed against the sample, dry and wet, at a fixed pressure. Afterwards, the...
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Martindale and what the figure covers
Short answer: Martindale is an abrasion test where the fabric is rubbed against a standard fabric in a set motion. Th...
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How pilling is measured in a machine
Short answer: The sample is rubbed against itself or against a standard fabric for a set number of turns. Afterwards ...
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What a dimensional stability test measures
Short answer: It measures how much a fabric changes size after washing and drying. The result is written as a percent...
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How a fabric is wash tested
Short answer: The sample is washed a fixed number of times at a fixed temperature together with a standardised amount...
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What a test report contains
Short answer: A test report must say who tested, what was tested, by which method and what number came out. Without a...
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