Patent ID: 7841033

Claim:
A method for providing a hydrophobic effect for textiles in a domestic washing machine with facilities for heating a washing liquid in an outer tub and a washing drum and for controlling treatment processes, as well as with detergent chambers, of which at least one is configured to hold an individual dose of a liquid detergent, with which method water-repelling agents dissolved in the washing liquid are brought into contact with the textiles during a treatment process similar to a washing process, the method comprising the acts of: performing a washing process for cleaning the textiles with the addition of a special detergent, which in addition to its known dirt-removing effect is also suitable for removing any detergent agents still present from the textiles, into a quantity of fresh water flowing in, and at the end the used washing liquid is pumped away; performing a multi-stage rinsing process for the textiles to replace the respective washing liquid of the previous washing process; performing a treatment process to waterproof the textiles while replacing the last rinsing washing liquid; adding the water-repelling agent to a newly supplied quantity of fresh water; filling the outer drum with a quantity of water measured for a short washing liquid for a ratio of weight of the quantity of dry textiles to weight of the quantity of water of less than 1:8; and heating the washing liquid to a temperature of at least 30° C. while rotating the drum to move the textiles before the water-repelling agent is added.