Upholstery Fabric Performance: Actual Wear Versus Laboratory Abrasion

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Abstract
We have developed a laboratory method to simulate the effects of actual consumer wear on upholstery fabrics. We used three soiling conditions, i.e., no soil, Bandy Black research clay, and Bandy Black plus synthetic sebum, on four cotton print upholstery fabrics, and a Taber rotary platform double head abraser to abrade the fabrics after soil application. Least significant differences and Pearson's product moment corre lations indicated that this laboratory test method produced breaking strength and elonga tion values similar to those found in the fabrics exposed to a two-year consumer wear study.