Patent ID: 6750188
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: A47L,C11D,D06F

Abstract:
A treating composition for treating one or more shoes, said treating composition comprising one or more benefit agents that imparts one or more desired benefits to the one or more shoes when the treating composition is applied directly or indirectly to the one or more shoes prior to, during and/or after washing the one or more shoes with or in an aqueous medium, wherein the treating composition comprises no more than about 30% by weight of the treating composition of chromium-binding agents that are capable of binding Cr3+with a log K binding constant of more than about 12, and wherein said treating composition is formulated so that any damage as a result of washing the one or more shoes with or in an aqueous medium with application of the treating composition is reduced compared to washing the one or more shoes with or in an aqueous medium without application of the treating composition.