Premium Lab Consumables for Textile Testing
Reliable and high-quality consumables from James Heal, ensuring consistency and performance for textile laboratories in Sri Lanka.
AATCC Test Materials
A range of genuine AATCC test materials, for peace of mind that you’re using the best.
AATCC Gray Scale for Color Change


AATCC Gray Scale for Staining


Crocking Squares for AATCC Test Method 8


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.
Blue Wools No.s 1 to 8 Pre-mounted


ISO Blue Wool Standard No.1 (23x15cm)


ISO Blue Wool Standard No.2 (23x15cm)


ISO Blue Wool Standard No.3 (23x15cm)


ISO Blue Wool Standard No.4 (23x15cm)


ISO Blue Wool Standard No.5 (23x15cm)


ISO Blue Wool Standard No.6 (23x15cm)


ISO Blue Wool Standard No.7 (23x15cm)


ISO Blue Wool Standard No.8 (23x15cm)


ISO Blue Wool Standards Nos.1-8 (Set of 8)


OBA-free Specimen Cards (135x45mm)


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.
Low Pressure Diaphragms (0.2mm / 150mm diameter)


Plain Diaphragms (1mm)


Reinforced Diaphragms (1.5mm)


Reinforced Diaphragms (1mm)


Crocking Cloth & Cotton Lawn
Used in a Crockmaster (Crockmeter) to check the amount of dye transfer, following a dry or wet rub fastness test
Cotton Drill (150cm wide)


Cotton Lawn (140cm wide) – ISO 105 F09


Crocking Cloths (5x5cm) gimped edges – ISO 105 F09


Crocking Squares for AATCC Test Method 8


Crocking Cloths (5x5cm) straight edged


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’.
AATCC Gray Scale for Color Change


AATCC Gray Scale for Staining


Grey Scale for assessing Change in Colour – ISO 105 A02


Grey Scale for assessing Staining – ISO 105 A03


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.
Cotton Ballast – ISO 6330 – Type I


Polyester Makeweights (300×300 ±30mm) 40g


Polyester Makeweights (210×210 ±10mm) 50± 5g


Polyester Makeweights (300×300 ±30mm) 35g (±3g)


Martindale Test Materials
We make original Martindale test materials and consumables, recommended for use on this family of instruments.
Cutting Boards (Grey) for all cutters


Klingspor 180 Grit Abrasion Paper 230x280mm


Martindale Abrasive Cloth SM25 1.6m width (5/25/50m)


Non-Woven Felt Pads (140mm diameter)


Polyetherurethane Blue Foam (375x250mm)


Pre-cut Discs of Foam (38mm diameter)


Pre-cut Martindale Abrasive Cloth SM25 140mm diameter discs (100)


Sample Cutter – Model 230/10


Sample Cutter – Model 230/100


Sample Cutter – Model 230/140


Sample Cutter – Model 230/50


Woven Felt Pads (140mm diameter) W16 – BS EN ISO 12947-1


Woven Felt Pads (90mm diameter) W16 – BS EN ISO 12945-2


Multifibre DW
Multifibre Adjacent Fabric for a variety of Colour Fastness tests, manufactured by James Heal and woven in the UK
Multifibre DW Adjacent Fabric – Pre-cut 100x40mm with gimped edges (250 pieces)


Multifibre DW Adjacent Fabric – Roll (10/50/100m lengths)


Multifibre LW
Multifibre LW Adjacent Fabric for a variety of Colour Fastness tests, manufactured by James Heal in the UK
Multifibre LW Adjacent Fabric – Roll (10m/50m lengths)


Phenolic Yellowing
Assess the potential of ‘yellowing’ with our test kits, which include glass plates, impregnated test papers, control fabrics, polythene film and greyscales.
BHT-Free Polythene Film – 63 microns thick, 400×200 mm


Control Fabrics (100x30mm)


Impregnated Test Papers – 100mm x 75mm (50/150/200 pack)


Photographic Standards
Use our standard, graded photographs – which are still widely used for the assessment of specimens in evaluating surface changes after testing.
EMPA Photographic Standards (3×4 Woven & 3×4 Knitted)


EMPA Photographic Standards (3×4 Woven)


IWS Pilling Photographs for Woven Fabrics (Set of 20)


M&S Pilling Photographic Standards (Method 1 – Test Method P17)


SnagPod Reference Photographs (Set of 9)


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
Cork Liner (457mm ± 2mm)


Cork Liners for Orbitor Pilling Boxes (mounted – set of 6)


Felt-covered Polyurethane Tubes


Grey Cotton Sliver (approx 1m)


Moulded Polyurethane Pilling Tubes (70.2mm long)


Moulded Polyurethane Tubes (140.25mm long)


SnagPod Reference Photographs (Set of 9)

