Composition for treating textile materials, method, and article produced thereby

Claim 1

THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING TO A TEXTILE FABRIC OF COTTON AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF WATER AND SOLIDS, SAID SOLIDS COMPRISING ESSENTIALLY A MIXTURE OF (1) A CURABLE RESIN OF AN UREA COMPOUND AND AN ALDEHYDE AND (2) AND ELASTOMERIC INTERNALLY PLASTICIZED VINYL HALIDE COPOLYMER, THE RATIO OF SAID RESIN TO SAID COPOLYMER BEING FROM ABOUT 50:50 TO 30:70 PARTS BY WEIGHT ON A DRY SOLIDS BASIS, A CATALYST FOR SAID RESIN AND A DISPERSING AGENT, SAID WATER BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO FORM A DISPERSION, AND IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO DEPOSIT FROM ABOUT 8 TO 15% BY WEIGHT OF SOLIDS ON SAID FABRIC, REMOVING WATER FROM SAID TREATED FABRIC, HEATING THE SAME TO CURE SAID RESIN, AND WASHING AND AGAIN DRYING SAID TREATED FABRIC.