Test Materials
Textile Testing > James Heal
In-house facilities for warping, weaving, inspection, cutting, stamping and sewing, for physical and colour fastness testing. Using James Heal Test Materials enables retailers, brands and manufacturers to ensure the quality and performance of their products.
AATCC TEST MATERIALS
A range of genuine AATCC test materials, for peace of mind that you're using the best
BLUE WOOL STANDARDS
For light and weathering fastness testing, our Blue Wools are individually dyed wool pieces, each with a different degree of fastness to light. We supply 'European' Blue Wool Standards for ISO 105-B08 from Deutsche Echtheitskommission, and American Blue Wools from AATCC.
BURSTING STRENGTH TEST MATERIALS
A selection of plain, reinforced and low pressure diaphragms and verification foils. A range to test different pressures (including low pressure diaphragms) and to meet retailers' requirements (M&S P27 and Adidas)
CROCKING CLOTH & COTTON LAWN
Used in a Crockmaster (Crockmeter) to check the amount of dye transfer, following a dry or wet rub fastness test.
DETERGENTS
A comprehensive range of reference detergents, specified in many European and International standards, for colour fastness and shrinkage testing. Produced in-house by our own textile technologists, we can ensure that the composition and performance of products is fully compliant with the specifications.
GREY SCALES
Grey Scales (Gray Scales) are used for assessing colour change and staining during colour fastness testing. Both scales are used for visual assessment to enable you to specify a rating from 1 to 5, with 5 being 'good' and 1 being 'poor'.
MAKEWEIGHTS
Makeweights, also known as 'ballast' or 'loading fabrics' are used to make up the load in washing, dry cleaning, dimensional stability, drying or durability tests. We supply cotton ballast, wool ballast and polyester ballast.
MARTINDALE TEST MATERIALS
We make original Martindale test materials and consumables, recommended for use on this family of instruments
MULTIFIBRE
Multifibre Adjacent Fabric for a variety of Colour Fastness tests
PHENOLIC YELLOWING
Yellowing test kit to assess the potential of 'yellowing'
PHOTOGRAPHIC STANDARDS
Use our standard, graded photographs - which are still widely used for the assessment of specimens in evaluating surface changes after testing.
PILLING / SNAGGING MATERIALS
Valid test results are only generated if steps are taken to minimise all variables in the process, such as using branded James Heal pilling and snagging test materials
TEXTILE MARKERS
Wide range of marking pens, such as Texpen Textile Marker and Dalo Textile Marker in different colors. These are used to apply bright and permanent markings on fabrics.