Standard Practice for
Evaluation of Launderable Woven Dress Shirts and Sports
Shirts1

This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4231; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of the last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of the last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope

1.1 This practice covers the evaluation of specific characteristics of importance in launderable woven dress shirts and
sports shirts.

1.2 Any launderable woven dress shirt or sport shirt may be
evaluated using this practice, but it shall not be construed to be
a standard of performance.

1.3 This practice may be used by mutual agreement between
the purchaser and supplier to establish purchasing specifications.

1.4 This practice is not intended to be used in the evaluation
of woven dress shirts or sport shirts when drycleaned or
hand-washed.

2. Referenced Documents

2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles2
D 1683 Test Method for Failure in Sewn Seams of Woven
Fabrics3
D 1776 Practice for Conditioning Textiles for Testing4
D 3136 Terminology Relating to Labels for Textile and
Leather Products Other Than Textile Floor Coverings and
Upholstery2
D 3477 Performance Specification for Men’s and Boy’s
Woven Dress Shirt Fabrics4
D 3938 Guide for Determining or Confirming Care Instructions for Apparel and Other Textile Consumer Products4
D 4154 Performance Specification for Men’s and Boys’
Knitted and Woven Beachwear and Sports Shirt Fabrics4

2.2 AATCC Test Methods:
88B Appearance of Seams in Wash and Wear Items After
Home Laundering5
143 Appearance of Apparel and Other Textile End Products
After Repeated Home Launderings5
150 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Laundering
of Garments5

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