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Rubbing Fastness Test | Color Fastness To Rubbing

A f astness is a place, such as a castle, which is considered saf e because it is dif f icult to reach or easy to
def end against attack. T his test is designed to determine the degree of color which may be transf erred
f rom the surf ace of a colored f abric to a specif y test cloth f or rubbing (which could be dry and Wet).
T here are two test methods for rubbing fastness.
1.ISO-105-X12
2.AAT CC-08
In ISO-105-X12 the wet pickup of the rubbing cloth is 100% .While in AAT CC-08 the wet Pickup of the
rubbing cloth is 65%.We check rubbing by Dry and Wet methods. In wet rubbing we wet the rubbing cloth
according to test method and give rating by comparing the Staining with the gray scale.
Similarly f or dry rubbing we check the rubbing with dry rubbing cloth and compare the staining With gray
scale f or ratings.Color Fastness to rubbing is a main test which is always required f or every colored f abric
either it is Printed or dyed.
If the color fastness to rubbing is good then its other properties like Washing f astness and durability etc
improves automatically because the rubbing is a method to check the f ixation of the color on the f abric. So
if the f ixation is good its washing properties will be good.
Rubbing Fastness depends on:
Nature of the Color
Depth of the Shade
Construction of the FabricNature of the color Each color either it is pigment ,Reactive ,Disperse or direct
has its own f astness properties to rubbing. T here are some colors like black, Red ,Burgundy ,Navy blue
which have poor Color f astness properties because of their chemical structure.
Like Black color is a carbon base color and the particle size of carbon is large than the other colors that's
why its rubbing properties are poor. Similarly red and blue are in the same case. So to improve the color
f astness we add more binder to improve the f astness properties of these colors. It doesn't mean that we
can not achieve the best results with these colors. T he required results can achieve but production cost will
be increase. On the other hand the construction of the f abric also ef f ects the f astness properties.
If the rubbing f astness on 100.80/40.40 is 3 on the gray scale it will be 2-3 on 52.52/22.22 with the same
printing parameters. So always keep in mind these ef f ects during f inalize the required parameters with your
customer .
Always Check
Quality construction
Color
Depth of the Color
End Use of the product

Results which we can achieve in Normal Conditions are

Dark Shade

Medium shades

Light Shades

Dry

3-4

4-5

Wet

2-2.5

3
3.5-4