Abstract: The deposition of magnesium and calcium silicate in the bleaching of textiles with peroxides is prevented by contacting the textiles with a bleaching composition that is free from phosphorous and contains water-soluble polymers containing sulfonate and carboxylate groups, and polyhydroxymono- or dicarboxylates.

Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the spraying of water-based treatment liquors onto textile materials, more particularly in the continuous treatment of web-form textile materials, the treatment liquors being sprayed in particular under the conditions of aerosol/superheated steam application. The invention is characterized in that the water-based treatment liquors used contain deaerating components free or at least substantially free from foam under the spraying conditions in dissolved, homogeneously emulsified and/or homogeneously dispersed form in such high concentrations that the textile material is thoroughly wetted almost immediately. The invention also relates to processes for simultaneously carrying out a plurality of treatment stages in a single step and to preparations suitable for these processes, for example preparations and a process for simultaneously desizing, scouring and bleaching cellulose-containing textile materials.

Abstract: A dyeing aid composition containing 1 to 60% by weight of a surfactant selected from (a) C.sub.8-24 alkyl or alkenyl alcohol sulfate, C.sub.14-18 alkane sulfonate and C.sub.10-14 alkyl benzenesulfonate; (b) castor oil containing 20-50 mols ethylene oxide, alkoxylated C.sub.8-24 alkyl or alkenyl alcohols, and alkoxylated C.sub.8-12 alkylphenols; from about 1 to about 25% by weight of sulfated hydroxyalkyl alkylpolyalkylene glycol ether corresponding to formula I ##STR1## in which R is a C.sub.1-6 alkyl radical, R.sup.1 is a C.sub.6-8 alkyl radical, M is an alkali metal or, ammonium cation, n=2 or 3 and x is a number of about 2 to about 10; and from about 1 to about 30% by weight of C.sub.