Designation:D5429–04StandardPracticeforPretreatmentofBackingFabricsUsedinTextileConservationResearch1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5429;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversthewashing,rinsing,drying,iron-ing,andrelatedtestingofbackingfabricspriortotheiruseintextileconservationresearch.Bothsturdyanddelicatepretreat-mentproceduresforbackingfabricsaredescribed.1.2Thispracticeappliesonlytothepretreatmentofthebackingfabricswithwhichatextileartifactmightbeincontact.Thispracticeisnottobeappliedtoanytextileartifact,whetheritbefragile,sturdy,historic,orcontemporary,asotherconsiderationsandtreatmentswouldberequired.Decisionsregardingtheconservationtreatmentoftextileartifactsshouldbemadeonlybytextileconservators.1.3Thispracticeonpretreatmentofbackingfabricsusedintextileconservationresearchislimitedtouseongreigegoods.Considerationsfordyedorbleachedbackingfabricwillnotbeaddressedinthispractice.1.4Theproceduresinthispracticeconcern:1.4.1Removalofsizingsandanyimpuritiesleftinthebackingfabricfromthemanufacturingprocess,1.4.2Preshrinkingofthebackingfabric,and1.4.3Testingforimpurities.1.5Allbackingfabricsusedintextileconservationresearchshouldbepretreatedbeforeuse.Evengreigefabricsobtainedas“preshrunk”and“desized”shouldbepretreatedtofurtherreduceshrinkageandresidualamountsofsizingandimpuri-ties.Residualshrinkageandimpuritiesmightbeasourceofunwantedvariablesinresearch.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextilesD2960MethodofControlledLaunderingTestUsingNa...
