Crocking, colorfastness

Colorfastness to Crocking. Five specimens of the historic fabric were tested for crocking color transference when wet and five specimens were tested dry, using the Rotary Vertical Crockmeter as specified in the A.A.T.C.C. Method 116-1977. In wetted specimens, the excess moisture was blotted between paper towels. 

Cellulose acetate and triacetate can be spun-dyed. Spun-dyed acetate and triacetate yarns are extremely colorfast to washing, dry cleaning, sunlight, perspiration, sea water, and crocking and are very resistant to gas or fume fading [15]. 

Yuen and Kan (2007) studied fasmess to light, washing, and crocking of the digital inkjet-printed cotton fabrics with plasma pretreatment. The results showed that colorfastness of inkjet-printed cotton fabric with plasma pretreatment was better than the untreated cotton fabric. Of the different plasma treatment exposure limes studied, better maximum colorfastness was achieved at 2 and 5 min of plasma exposure... 

American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists [AATCC], 2012. AATCC Test Method 8, Colorfastness to Crocking AATCC Crockmeter Method. American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists [AATCC]. Available at http //www.aatcc.org/tech nical/test methods/scopes/tm8.cfm (accessed 07.02.13). 

Table 5.6 Colorfastness to crocking (AATCC Test Method 8) [51] ...

Uses Soaping agent, dispersant for removal of surf, hydrolyzed dyes from cotton and cotton/poly blends dyed with fiber reactives colorfastness improver to crocking on sulfur dyes Apolloscour SDRS [Apollo]... 

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