Methods for textile treatment

A method of coating textile fibers, the method comprising:

• (a) providing an oil phase containing at least one reactive condensation-curable film-forming amino-silicone pre-polymer, said oil phase fulfilling at least one of the following:
• (i) said at least one reactive condensation-curable film-forming amino-silicone pre-polymer includes at least one reactive condensation-curable film-forming amino-silicone monomer having a molecular weight of at most 1,000 g/mole;
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• (ii) said oil phase further contains a non-amino cross-linking agent adapted or selected to cure said at least one reactive condensation-curable film-forming amino-silicone pre-polymer, said non-amino cross-linking agent having a molecular weight of at most 1,000 g/mole;
• wherein at least one of said reactive condensation-curable film-forming amino-silicone pre-polymer, said reactive condensation-curable film-forming amino-silicone monomer, said non-amino cross-linking agent, or any one of a silicone oil, an amino-silicone oil and a reactive hydrophobic inorganic filler optionally further comprised therein, is a water-enriched reactant;
• the water-enriched reactant having a water content, so as to obtain, following a pre-treatment duration of the oil phase, a pre-treated oil phase having at least 0.01 wt. % and optionally at most 8 wt. % of water by weight of said pre-treated oil phase;
• (b) emulsifying said pre-treated oil phase with an aqueous phase, so as to obtain a pre-treated oil-in-water emulsion;
• (c) applying, on an external surface of the textile fibers, said pre-treated oil-in-water emulsion;
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• (d) after partial condensation curing of said pre-polymer of the pre-treated oil-in-water emulsion has occurred, so as to form an at least partially cured amino-silicone coat on the external surface of the textile fibers, applying on the at least partially cured amino-silicone coat, an aqueous dispersion comprising a plurality of polymeric particles, formed of a hydrophilic polymeric material having neutralized acid moieties, said plurality of polymeric particles being dispersed within said aqueous dispersion, to produce an overlying polymeric layer adhering to an external surface of said amino-silicone coat.