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Comparison of practical and laboratory laundering of some modern fabrics
Author(s) -
Hunter R. T.,
Kurgan C. R.,
Marder H. L.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02908545
Subject(s) - laundry , polyester , forensic engineering , silk , materials science , composite material , pulp and paper industry , waste management , engineering
The detergency and redeposition characteristics of several modern fabrics were compared under laboratory and home‐laundering conditions. Good correlation was found between data from laboratory‐controlled practical washing and home laundry although washing in the home was uniformly poorer than in the laboratory. Polyester‐containing fabrics tend to gray by redeposition more than the other fabrics investigated, and the new Permanent‐Press fabrics seem more susceptible to redeposition than their untreated counterparts. A systematic screening of factors affecting the performance of these fabrics in the home laundry indicates that detergent underusage is the major factor for the failure of polyesters to perform as well as cotton in either laboratory or practical laundry screening.