Abstract: A process for lubricating textile threads by treatment in an aqueous bath containing a lubricating agent is disclosed which comprises the steps of:(a) impregnating bobbins of the textile thread with an aqueous bath liquid containing dispersed therein an amount of from about 6 to about 20%, by weight, of at least one organosilicon polymer lubricating agent;(b) removing the impregnated bobbins of thread from the bath liquid;(c) removing from the impregnated bobbins such an amount of adhering bath liquid that the resulting moist bobbins of thread retain only an amount of from about 25 to about 70%, by weight, of the bath liquid relative to the weight of the dry thead; and,(d) drying the moist bobbins of thread sufficiently to substantially remove their absorbed water content.The process may be effected at ambient temperature in a dyeing apparatus directly subsequent to a dyeing procedure.

Abstract: Improved methods are disclosed for depositing metal oxide films from coating compositions containing dehydrated cobaltous acetylacetonate.