Patent ID: 6939843
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A method of use of a liquid aqueous softener composition for imparting hydrophilicity to textile fibre materials in domestic applications, which comprises treating textile fibre materials during textile laundering with a softener composition which comprises: A) a fabric softener; B) at least one additive selected from the group consisting of b) a fatty acid alkanolamide of formula  wherein R R  wherein c is a number from 1 to 10 and R R  and c is as defined above, R  wherein R R R  wherein R C) a dispersed polyorganosiloxane of formula (1)  wherein R R R R R z is 0 to 7 R R R the sum of X and Y is 40 to 4000; or a dispersed polyorganosiloxane which comprises at least one unit of the formula (5)  wherein R R the sum of v and w equals 3, and v does not equal 3 A=—CH B=—NR n is 0 or 1 when n is 0, U l is 2 to 8 k is 0 to 6 m is 0 to 3 R R p is 0 to 6 R R R R q is 1 to 6 U or a dispersed polyorganosiloxane of the formula (8)  wherein R R R R m is 3 to 25 n is 0 to 10 R p is 1 to 4 R R R R R EO is —CH PO is —CH(CH the sum of X or a dispersed polyorganosiloxane of the formula (9)  wherein R R R R R the sum of X or a mixture thereof.