Treating agents comprising carboxyl containing copolymers and amino resin or amino resin base

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COMPOSITION OF MATTER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) MIXTURES OF (A) A COMPLETELY NEUTRALIZED SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIUM AN D AKLKALI METAL SALTS OF WATER-SOLUBLE ANIONIC LINEAR COPOLYMERS, SAID COPOLYMERS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY EQUIMOLAR AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, MALEIC ACID AND ITACONIC ACID AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMER COPOLYMERIZABLE THEREWITH WITH THE PROVISO THAT WHEN SAID COPOLYMER CONTAINS ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMERIZED WITH A COMONOMER SELECTED FROM A GROUP CONSISTING OF ITACONIC ACID AND SALTS OF ITACONIC ACID, THERE ARE FROM 1 TO 3MOLES OF ACRYLAMIDE PER MOLE OF SAID MONOMER, AND (B) AT LEAST ONE MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER-SOLUBLE AND WATER-DISPERSIBLE AMPHOTERIC AMINOPLAST RESINS AND STABLE WATERSOLUBLE AND WATER-DISPERSIBLE CATIONIC AMINOPLAST RESINS, SAID CATIONIC AMINOPLAST RESINS BEING FORMED BY REACTING A WATER-SOLBLE AMINOFORMALDEHYDE RESIN CONTAINING FREE AND UNREACTED METHYLOL GROUPS WITH A WATER-SOLUBLE AMINO RESIN BASE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY REACT WITH ALL OF SAID METHYLOL GROUPS OF SAID AMINO-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN, SAID AMINOFORMALDEHYDE RESIN BEING FORMED BY REACTING AT LEAST ONE AMINO RESIN BASE WITH A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FORMALDEHYDE AND FORMALDEHYDE LIBERATING COMPOUNDS, AND THE MOLE RATIO OF (A) TO (B) IN SAID MIXTURE BEING FROM ABOUT 15:1 TO ABOUT 1:15, (2) COMPLEX SALTS OF (A) A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE FREE ACID FORM OF, THE PARTIALLY NEUTRALIZED AMMONIUM SALT FORM OF AND THE PARTIALLY NEUTRALIZED ALKALI METAL SALT FORM OF WATERSOLUBLE ANIONIC LINEAR COPOLYMERS, SAID COPOLYMERS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY EQUIMOLAR AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, MALEIC ACID AND ITACONIC ACID AND AT LEAT ONE OTHER ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMER COPOLYMERIZABLE THEREWITH WITH THE PROVISO THAT WHEN SAID COPOLYMER CONTAINS ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMERIZED WITH A COMONOMER SELECTED FROM A GROUP CONSISTING OF ITACONIC ACID AND SALTS OF ITACONIC ACID, THERE ARE FROM 1 TO 3 MOLES OF ACRYLAMIDE PER MOLE OF SAID MONOMER, AND (B) AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER-SOLUBLE AND WATER-DISPERSIBLE AMPHOTERIC AMINOPLAST RESINS, AND STABLE WATER-SOLUBLE AND STABLE WATER-DISPERSIBLE CATIONIC AMINOPLAST RESINS, SAID CATIONIC AMINOPLAST RESINS BEING FORMED BY REACTING A WATER-SOLUBLE AMINOFORMALDEHYDE RESIN CONTAINING FREE AND UNREACTED METHYLOL GROUPS WITH AN AMINO RESIN BASE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO REACT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID METHYLOL GROOUPS OF THE AMINOFORMALDEHYDE RESIN, SAID AMINO-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN BEING FORMED BY REACTING AT LEAST ONE AMINO RESIN BASE WITH A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FORMLADEHYDE AND FORMALDEHYDE LIBERATING COMPOUNDS, AND THE MOLE RATIO OF (A) TO (B) IN FORMING SAID COMPLEX SALT BEING FROM ABOUT 15:1 TO ABOUT 1:15, (3) CONDENSATES FORMED BY REACTING (A) WATER-SOLUBLE ANIONIC LINEAR COPOLYMERS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE REACTIVE RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AHYDRIDES AND FREE CARBOXY ACIDS, SAID COPOLYMERS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY EQUIMOLAR AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTIANG OF MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, MALEIC ACID AND ITACONIC ACID AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMER COPOLYMERIZABLE THEREWITH WITH THE PROVISO THAT WHEN SAID COPOLYMER CONTAINS ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMERIZED WITH A COMONOMER SELECTED FROM A GROUP CONSISTING OF ITACONIC ACID AND SALTS OF ITACONIC ACID, THERE ARE FROM 1 TO 3 MOLES OF ACRYLAMIDE PER MOLE OF SAID MONOMER, WITH (B) A NITROGENOUS MATERIAL AT TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES SUFFICIENT TO REMOVE THE WATER OF CONDENSATION, SAID NITROGENOUS MATERIAL BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROP CONSISTING OF WATERSOLUBLE AND WATER-DISPERSIBLE CATIONIC AMINOPLAST RESINS, AMPHOTERIC AMINOPLAST RESINS, CATIONIC AMINO RESIN BASES AND AMPHOTERIC AMINO RESIN BASES, SAID CATIONIC AMINOPLAST RESINS BEING FORMED BY REACTING A WATER-SOLAUBLE AMINOFORMALDEHYDE RESIN CONTAINING FREE AND UNREACTED METHYLOL GROUPS WITH A WATER-SOLUBLE AMINO RESIN BASE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO REACT WITH ALL OF THE METHYLOL GROUPS OF THE AMINO-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN, SAID AMINO FORMALDEHYDE RESIN BEING FORMED BY REACTING AT LEAST ONE AMINO RESIN BASE WITH A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FORMALDEHYDE AND FORMLADEHYDE LIBERATING COMPOUNDS, SAID NITROGENOUS MATERIAL BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO REACT WITH AL OF SAID REACTIVE RADICALS OF SAID ANIONIC LINEAR COPOLYMERS.