Use of mixtures containing (A) alkali, ammonium and/or amine salts of sulfonated unsaturated fatty acids and (B) alkoxylated alkyl and/or alkenyl alcohols and/or sulfosuccinic acid esters as wetting agents

An alkaline bleaching liquor consisting essentially of, per liter of said liquor, from about 10 to about 100 ml of 35% by weight hydrogen peroxide, from about 5 to about 20 grams of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, from about 5 to about 50 ml of a stabilizer, from about 0.1 to about 1.0 gram of a magnesium salt, from about 0.5 to about 10 grams of a sequestering agent, and from about 1 to about 30 grams, based on active substance of a wetting agent mixture consisting essentially of

• (A) an alkali metal, ammonium or amine salt of a sulfonated unsaturated C.sub.12-22 fatty acid, and
• (B) an alkoxylated alkyl or alkenyl alcohol corresponding to the following formula
• R------(OH.sub.n H.sub.2n).sub.x ------OH
• in which R is selected from the group consisting of a linear or branched C.sub.6-22 alkyl or alkenyl radical, n is a number of 2 to 4 and x is a number of about 2 to about 10, a sulfosuccinic acid mono- or dialkyl ester containing 4 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl groups in the form of their alkali metal salts and mixtures thereof in a ratio by weight of A to B of from about 11:1 to about 1:11.

The process of treating sheet-form textiles consisting essentially of contacting said textiles with a wetting agent mixture consisting essentially of

• (A) an alkali metal, ammonium or amine salt of a sulfonated unsaturated C.sub.12-22 fatty acid, and
• (B) an alkoxylated alkyl or alkenyl alcohol corresponding to the following formula
• R------(OC.sub.n H.sub.2n).sub.x ------OH
• in which R seleted from the group consisting of is a linear or branched C.sub.6-22 alkyl alkenyl radical, n is a number of 2 to 4 and x is a number of about 2 to about 10, or a sulfosuccinic acid mono- or dialkyl ester containing 4 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl groups in the form of their alkali metal salts and mixtures thereof in a ratio by weight of A to B of from about 11:1 to about 1:11.

The process of treating sheet-form textiles, consisting essentially of contacting said textiles with an alkaline bleaching liquor consisting essentially of, per liter of said liquor, from about 10 to about 100 ml of 35% by weight hydrogen peroxide, from about 5 to about 20 grams of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, from about 5 to about 50 ml of a stabilizer, from about 0.1 to about 1.0 gram of a magnesium salt, from about 0.5 to about 10 grams of a sequestering agent, and from about 1 to about 30 grams, based on active substance, of a wetting agent mixture consisting essentially of

• (A) an alkali metal ammonium or amine salt of a sulfonated unsaturated C.sub.12-22 fatty acid, and
• (B) an alkoxylated alkyl or alkenyl alcohol corresponding to the following formula
• R------(OC.sub.n H.sub.2n).sub.x ------OH
• in which R is a linear or branched C.sub.6-22 alkyl or alkenyl radical, n is a number of 2 to 4 and x is a number of about 2 to about 10, a sulfosuccinic acid mono- or dialkyl ester containing 4 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl groups in the form of their alkali metal salts and mixtures thereof in a ratio by weight of A to B of from about 11:1 to about 1:11.