heat batch method the results are shown in table 2 where the numbers indicate the same as in table 1 fourteen carpet samples from eight manufacturers were obtained to test for betadine resistance using the wet heat batch method to fix the sac all test samples wee treated at 15 owf using simcofix 201a ph 4 5 as the sac in addition two of the acid dyed samples were tested for bleach resistance the following describes nylon type and manufacturer the results for betadine resistance are shown in table 3 and bleach resistance in table 4 the test method was the same as aatcc tm 175 except household bleach at 100 strength was used instead of red dye 40 solution the bleach resistance of the dyes to fading were rated poor fair good or excellent samples from a b and c from table 3 were tested for betadine resistance using the following sac polymers n 201a from simco products tn 16 from nicca usa erional nw from ciba nylan fixan p from clariant and mesitol nbs from mobay all samples were treated at 15 owf and fixed by wet heat batch method all samples were adjusted to ph 4 5 the results are shown in table 5 four sample sets of a multi colored carpet were studied for stain resistance to iodine found in betadine turmeric found in mustard chlorine found in household bleach solutions and benzoyl peroxide found in acne treatment products.