Patent ID: 6087313
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A process of soaking fabrics, wherein said fabrics are immersed in a soaking liquor comprising water and an effective amount of a composition comprising an oxygen bleach and an alkoxylated nonionic surfactant according to the formula RO--(A).sub.n H, wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chain having from 6 to 40 carbon atoms, A is an alkoxy group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and wherein n is an integer from 9 to 100, for more than 1 hour, preferably 2 hours to 24 hours and more preferably 4 hours to 24 hours, then removed from said soaking liquor.