Abstract: A composition comprising a stable mixture of at least one stain resist agent, at least one soil resist agent, and at least one coapplication enhancer, said enhancer comprising at least one of an alkali metal salt; alkali metal aryl salt; ammonium salt; ammonium aryl salt; aryl sulfonic acid; urea; amide; alkylamide; dialkylamide; amide of C1 to C6 alkanoic acids or of C2 to C6 alkandioic acids; diamides of C2 to C6 alkandioic acids; cyclic imide of C2 to C6 alkandioic acids; C3 to C6 lactams, or combinations thereof, is disclosed.

Abstract: A composition for use as a stain blocker and a method of treating substrates therewith, said composition comprising a polymer of Formula 1 having the following repeating units in random sequence wherein R1 is H, methyl or ethyl; R2 and R3 are each independently H, C1 to about C10 alkyl, —COOR4, CONR5R6, or —CN; R4 is M, C1 to about C20 alkyl, or C6 to C10 aryl; R5 and R6 are each independently H, C1 to C10 alkyl, C6 to C10 aryl, or R5 and R6 together with the nitrogen atom form a morpholine, pyrrolidine, or piperidine ring; R7 is a C4 to C8 alkyl group; M is H, an alkali metal or alkali earth metal; h is about 10 to 100 mole %; i is 0 to about 80 mole %; j is 0 to about 60 mole %; k and n are each independently 0 to about 40 mole %; and m is 0.01 to about 0.5; provided that h+i+j+k+n equals 100, and provided that i+j+k+n is greater than zero, except when h is 100%.

Abstract: A composition for reduction of turmeric and iodine complex stains comprising at least one stain resist agent and at least one stain resist enhancer, the enhancer comprising at least one of an alkali metal salt; alkali metal aryl salt; aryl sulfonic acid; urea; alkyl carbamate; and amide, alkylamide, dialkylamide, or cyclic amide of formic acid, of C1 to C6 alkanoic acids, or of C1 to C6 alkandioic acids.

Abstract: A composition which provides stain resistance and soil resistance to substrates comprising a copolymer of Formula 1 wherein D is at least one vinyl monomer selected from the group consisting of aryl olefin, vinyl ether, allyl ether, alpha olefin and diene; each M is independently H, NH4, Ca, Mg, Al, or a Group I metal; R is H, a C1-C16 alkyl group, or an arylalkyl group; Rf is a fully fluorinated straight or branched C2 to C20 aliphatic radical, or mixture thereof, which is optionally interrupted by at least one oxygen atom; x is 1 to about 10, or a mixture thereof; k and h are each independently a positive integer; i and j are each independently zero or a positive integer, provided that i and j are not both simultaneously zero; the molar ratio of k to (h+i+j) is from about 3:1 to about 1:3, and the molar ratio of h to (i+j) is from about 1:99 to about 22:78 is disclosed.

Abstract: A carpet backing comprising a styrene butadiene rubber latex and at least one adsorbent, said backing reducing the reappearance, or wick back, of stains on carpet after cleaning of the carpet is disclosed.