Variations in wrinkle recovery values for untreated and treated cotton fabrics caused by unknown degrees of ageing are discussed. A method for avoiding this problem is reported which involves a wet pressing procedure and conditioning in a standard atmosphere. This method should improve the interlaboratory reproducibility of results for samples tested according to AATCC Test Method 66-1978.
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