Patent ID: 7987539

Claim:
A method for the fungicidal treatment of textile fiber material comprising contacting said textile fiber materials in a domestic washing process with a detergent composition comprising (a) 0.01 to 90% by weight of a compound of formula (1) wherein R 1 is hydrogen; or C 1 -C 5 alkyl (b) 1 to 80% by weight of one or more synthetic detergents or of a soap or combinations thereof; (c) 0-75% of a builder; (d) 0-30% by weight of a peroxide; (e) 0-10% by weight of a bleach activator; (f) 0 to 50% by weight of one or more hydrotropic agents, (g) 0 to 50% by weight of an alcohol, (h) 0 to 80% by weight of a fabric softening component; (i) tap water or deionised water ad 100% and (k) an antimicrobial agent, wherein the component (k) is 2-hydroxy-diphenyl ether of formula and wherein said textile fiber materials are treated in normal washing machines and the weight of the textile material to water is from 1:4 to 1:40.