Method of setting hair with epoxy resin compositions

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METHOD OF MAINTAINING HAIR IN SET CONDITION, WHICH COMPRISES WETTING HAIR WITH A SOLUTION OF AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND HAVING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 EPOXY GROUPS PER MOLECULAR AND BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIGLYCIDYL ETHER, 1,3-BUTANEDIOL DIGLYCIDYL ETHER, 1,4-BUTANEDIOL DIGLYCIDYL ETHER, GLYCERINE DIGLYCIDYL ETHER, 1-EPOXYETHYL-3,4-EPOXYCYCLOHEXANE, 3,4EPOXY - 6-METHYL-CYCLOHEXYLETHYL-3,4''-EPOXY-6''-METHYLCYCLOHEXANE CARBOXYLATE, DICYCLOPENTADIENEDIEPOXIDE, BUTADIENEDIEPOXIDE, DIGLYCIDYL ETHER, POLYGLYLCOL-DIGLYCIDYL-ETHER, TRIGLYCIDYL-ETHER OF THE REACTION PRODUCT OF GLYCERINE AND FOUR MOLES ETHYLENE OXIDE AND TRIGLYCIDYL CYANURATE, AND AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANCE ADAPTED TO REACT WITH AND HARDEN SAID COMPOUND AND ALSO CONTAINING IN SOLUTION A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF RESORCINOL, THIOSEMICARBAZIDES, CETYL PYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE, AND CATALYTIC AMOUNTS OF A COPPER SALT, DISSOLVED IN A SOLVENT THEREFOR SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER, WATER MISCIBLE SOLVENTS AND MIXTURES THEREOF; SETTING THE THUS WETTED HAIR; AND DRYING THE THUS SET HAIR, THEREBY CAUSING REACTION BETWEEN SAID COMPOUND AND SAID SUBSTANCE, WHEREBY THE HAIR WILL REMAIN IN SET CONDITION OVER A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND EVEN UNDER MOIST ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS.