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ASTM D6688-11

Historical Revision

Standard Practice for Relative Resistance of Printed Matter to Liquid Chemicals by a Sandwich Technique (Withdrawn 2020)

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1.1 This practice covers the evaluation of the relative resistance of printed matter to liquid chemicals, as evidenced by lack of discoloration, bleeding, or loss of gloss.

1.2 This practice utilizes a sandwich procedure similar in principle to ISO/TC 130 N 589. Spotting or immersion procedures are covered in Test Methods D1308, D1647, and D2248.

1.3 This practice is applicable to prints on any flat substrate including paper, paperboard, metallic foil, metal plate, and plastic films, and produced by any printing process including letterpress, offset lithography, flexography, gravure, silk screen, and non-impact.

1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific hazard statements, see Section 7.


Many types of printed matter, notably container labels, packaging materials, magazine and book covers, must be resistant to liquid materials that may contact them advertently or inadvertently. This practice permits an assessment of resistance of printed matter to several types of liquids.

The requirement that a reference print be run at the same time as the test print minimizes effects of atmospheric conditions (humidity and temperature) and other variations which may develop.

This practice can be used to determine whether new formulations are suitable for the end-use purpose and for specification acceptance between producer and user.

SDO ASTM: ASTM International
Document Number D6688
Publication Date June 1, 2011
Language en - English
Page Count 3
Revision Level 11
Supercedes
Committee D01.56
Publish Date Document Id Type View
June 1, 2020 D6688-20 Revision
June 1, 2011 D6688-11 Revision
June 10, 2001 D6688-01 Revision
Nov. 1, 2006 D6688-01R06 Reaffirmation