Patent ID: 8603962

Claim:
A method of treating fabric in a dryer comprising: (a) contacting a first fabric with a reusable fabric treating device in a dryer, wherein the fabric treating device incorporates a fabric treatment composition comprising: a silicic acid ester mixture of at least one silicic acid ester of formula I and at least one silicic acid ester of formula II: wherein: each R is independently H, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, perfume alcohol residual, or biocide alcohol residual; m is an integer from 1 to about 20; and n is an integer from about 2 to about 100, provided that at least one R is a perfume alcohol residual or a biocide alcohol residual; and a fabric softener component comprising at least one softener selected from the group consisting of methyl bis(tallow amidoethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, methyl bis(oleylamidoethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, and methyl bis(hydrogenated tallow amidoethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, and mixtures thereof; and (b) transferring a portion of the fabric treatment composition from the dryer device to the fabric.