Stain-resistant nylon carpets impregnated with condensation product of formaldehyde with mixture of diphenolsulfone and phenolsulfonic acid
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorsRandolph C. Blyth, Pompelio A. Ucci
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Abstract
Nylon carpets are rendered resistant to staining normally caused by artificial colorants such as Food, Drug and Cosmetic Red Dye No. 40 by immersing the carpets in a boiling aqueous solution of a selected phenol-formaldehyde condensation product at a pH of 4.5 or less. A particularly useful condensation product is that obtained by the condensation of formaldehyde with a mixture of diphenolsulfone and phenolsulfonic acid.
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A process for imparting stain resistance to a carpet having a pile made from nylon yarn, comprising immersing said carpet in an aqueous solution of a polymeric condensation product consisting essentially of repeating units of the formula ##STR8## where R is the same or different in each unit and is hydrogen or a radical selected from the group consisting of --SO.sub.3 X, ##STR9## with the proviso that at least 40% of the units contain an --SO.sub.3 X radical and at least 40% of the units contain the ##STR10## linkage, where X is H or a cation and the weight ratio of aqueous solution to nylon yarn, the pH and temperature of the solution and the amount of said condensation product in the solution are correlated to provide a carpet coated with a sufficient amount of the product to impart stain resistance to said carpet.
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