Method of enhancing fabric rewettability with an aqueous emulsion of branched and cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane

The method of enhancing the rewettability of fabrics treated in a laundering operation comprising contacting the fabrics with a mixture including a rinse cycle fabric softening conditioning composition capable of producing on the fabrics a hydrophobic surface selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts and organic compounds having C.sub.12 to C.sub.18 hydrocarbon chain molecules of amines, esters, acids or amine oxides, and an aqueous emulsion of a silicone polymer having the general formula:

• ##STR7## wherein:
• Me is methyl;
• x and z have values of 3 to 100,000;
• y has a value of 1 to 10,000;
• R is (CH.sub.2).sub.n Z;
• R" is hydrogen or ##STR8## n has a value of 1 to 10;
• Z is ##STR9## and X and Y are selected independently from --H;
• --C.sub.1-30 -alkyl;
• --C.sub.6 -aryl;
• --C.sub.5-6 -cycloalkyl;
• --C.sub.1-6 --NH.sub.2 ;
• --CO--R';
• with the proviso that the nitrogen can be quaternized such as to represent ##STR10## whereby W can be selected from X or Y;
• whereby P and M are --COOH;
• --CO--NR'.sub.2 ;
• or C.sub.1-2 -alkyl;
• where R'=C.sub.1-4 alkyl.

The method of enhancing the rewettability of fabrics treated in a laundering operation comprising contacting the fabrics with an aqueous emulsion of a silicone polymer, the silicone polymer being a polydimethylsiloxane having the general formula:

• ##STR11## wherein:
• Me is methyl;
• x and z have values of 3 to 100,000;
• y has a value of 1 to 10,000;
• R is (CH.sub.2).sub.n Z;
• R" is hydrogen or ##STR12## n has a value of 1 to 10;
• Z is ##STR13## and X and Y are selected independently, --H;
• --C.sub.1-30 -alkyl;
• --C.sub.6 -aryl;
• --C.sub.5-6 -cycloalkyl;
• --C.sub.1-6 --NH.sub.2 ;
• --CO--R';
• with the proviso that the nitrogen can be quaternized such as to represent ##STR14## whereby W can be selected from X or Y;
• whereby P and M are --COOH;
• --CO--NR'.sub.2 ;
• or C.sub.1-2 -alkyl;
• where R'=C.sub.1-4 alkyl.

A fabric softening composition having rewet properties for enhancing the rewettability of fabrics treated in a laundering operation comprising a mixture including a rinse cycle conditioning composition capable of producing on the fabrics a hydrophobic surface selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salt and organic compounds having C.sub.12 to C.sub.18 hydrocarbon chain molecules of amines, esters, acids or amine oxides, and a an aqueous emulsion of a silicone polymer having the general formula:

• ##STR15## wherein:
• Me is methyl;
• x and z have values of 3 to 100,000;
• y has a value of 1 to 10,000;
• R is (CH.sub.2).sub.n Z;
• R" is hydrogen or ##STR16## n has a value of 1 to 10;
• ##STR17## and X and Y are selected independently from --H;
• --C.sub.1-30 -alkyl;
• --C.sub.6 --aryl;
• --C.sub.5-6 -cycloalkyl;
• --C.sub.1-6 --NH.sub.2 ;
• --CO--R';
• with the proviso that the nitrogen can be quaternized such as to represent ##STR18## whereby W can be selected from X or Y;
• whereby P and M are --COOH;
• --CO--NR'.sub.2 ;
• or C.sub.1-2 -alkyl;
• where R'=C.sub.1-4 alkyl.