An insecticide or repellent composition for application to a textile material or plastics material which composition comprises a mixture including a) at least one insecticide and/or repellent as component A, and b) at least one acrylic binder as component B1 obtainable by emulsion polymerization of the following components: b1a) 30 to 85 % by weight of n-butylacrylate as component B1A; b1b) 0 to 65 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula I as component B1 B wherein R 1 is H or methyl, R 2 is H and R 3 is methyl, ethyl, or 2-ethylhexyl, as component B1B, b1c) 1 to 5 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula II wherein R 4 is H or methyl, R 5, R 6 and R 7 each are H as component B1C; b1d) 1 to 10 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula III wherein R 8 and R 9 are H and X is H, OH, NH 2, OR 11 OH, glycidyl or a group of the formula wherein R 10 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - to C 10 -alkyl which may be branched or linear, R 11 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - to C 10 -alkylene, as component B1D, b1e) further monomers B1E which are copolymerizable with the monomers mentioned above selected from b1e1) 0 to 30 % by weight (meth)acrylic nitrile and/or methy(meth)acrylate (B1E1); and/or b1 e2) 0 to 40 % by weight styrene and/or alpha-methylstyrene (B1E2), wherein the sum of components B1A, B1C, B1D and optionally B1B and B1E is 100 % by weight. a) at least one insecticide and/or repellent as component A, and b) at least one acrylic binder as component B1 obtainable by emulsion polymerization of the following components: b1a) 30 to 85 % by weight of n-butylacrylate as component B1A; b1b) 0 to 65 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula I as component B1 B wherein R 1 is H or methyl, R 2 is H and R 3 is methyl, ethyl, or 2-ethylhexyl, as component B1B, b1c) 1 to 5 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula II wherein R 4 is H or methyl, R 5, R 6 and R 7 each are H as component B1C; b1d) 1 to 10 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula III wherein R 8 and R 9 are H and X is H, OH, NH 2, OR 11 OH, glycidyl or a group of the formula wherein R 10 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - to C 10 -alkyl which may be branched or linear, R 11 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - to C 10 -alkylene, as component B1D, b1e) further monomers B1E which are copolymerizable with the monomers mentioned above selected from b1e1) 0 to 30 % by weight (meth)acrylic nitrile and/or methy(meth)acrylate (B1E1); and/or b1 e2) 0 to 40 % by weight styrene and/or alpha-methylstyrene (B1E2), b1a) 30 to 85 % by weight of n-butylacrylate as component B1A; b1b) 0 to 65 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula I as component B1 B wherein R 1 is H or methyl, R 2 is H and R 3 is methyl, ethyl, or 2-ethylhexyl, as component B1B, b1c) 1 to 5 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula II wherein R 4 is H or methyl, R 5, R 6 and R 7 each are H as component B1C; b1d) 1 to 10 % by weight of at least one monomer of formula III wherein R 8 and R 9 are H and X is H, OH, NH 2, OR 11 OH, glycidyl or a group of the formula wherein R 10 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - to C 10 -alkyl which may be branched or linear, R 11 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - to C 10 -alkylene, as component B1D, R 10 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - to C 10 -alkyl which may be branched or linear, R 11 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - to C 10 -alkylene, as component B1D, b1e) further monomers B1E which are copolymerizable with the monomers mentioned above selected from b1e1) 0 to 30 % by weight (meth)acrylic nitrile and/or methy(meth)acrylate (B1E1); and/or b1 e2) 0 to 40 % by weight styrene and/or alpha-methylstyrene (B1E2),