APPRAISAL OF WHITE MARKING MEDIA FOR APPLICATION ON AIR FORCE BLUE COTTON WEBBING

Abstract

The report covers an evaluation of 31 different marking media for producing name tags on Air Force Blue cotton webbing. Inks, heat transfers (decalcomanias), thermo-plastic films, embroidered letters, and fabric letters with thermo-plastic adhesives were included. Different methods of applying these media were tried in an effort to improve their fastness to laundering. The most satisfactory opaque markings were subjected to 25 and 50 launderings. Their opacity, legibility, resistance to cracking, and resistance to yellowing after laundering are described in detail. Those giving the most promising results were also subjected to 5 dry cleanings. Although several of the marking media show promise for white lettered name tags on blue webbing, some are impractical to apply at an induction center. Heat transfers (white decalcomanias), embroidered white lettering, and silk-screen printing white inks exhibit the best fastness to laundering.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645970

Entities

People

  • Allen Paul Snyder
  • Theodore Kapala

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Adhesion
  • Air Force
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Fabrics
  • Films
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Organic Materials
  • Petroleum
  • Physical Properties
  • Printing
  • Solvents
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thin Films

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  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.