Claims
- 1. An automatic home laundry process, said process comprising the step of cleaning fabric articles in an automatic washing machine in the home with a wash medium comprising siloxane.
- 2. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 1 wherein the fabric articles cleaned comprise fabric articles selected from the group consisting of machine washable fabric articles, dry clean only fabric articles, and combinations thereof.
- 3. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 1 wherein the fabric articles are contacted with the wash medium comprising siloxane by uniformly wetting by spraying the wash medium onto the fabric articles in the automatic washing machine.
- 4. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 1 wherein the wash medium comprises no purposively added water.
- 5. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 1 wherein the wash medium comprises from about 0.1% to about 50% purposively added water.
- 6. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 1 wherein the siloxane comprises cyclic siloxane.
- 7. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 6 wherein the cyclic siloxane comprises more than about 50% cyclic siloxane pentamer.
- 8. An automatic home laundry process, said process comprising contacting, in an automatic washing machine, machine washable fabric articles with a wash medium comprising siloxane.
- 9. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 8 wherein the wash medium comprises less than about 50% water.
- 10. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 9 wherein the wash medium comprises no purposively added water.
- 11. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 8 wherein the wash medium comprises from about 0.1% to about 50% purposively added water.
- 12. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 8 wherein the fabric articles contacted with the wash medium further comprise dry clean only fabric articles.
- 13. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 8 wherein the siloxane comprises cyclic siloxane.
- 14. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 13 wherein the cyclic siloxane comprises more than about 50% cyclic siloxane pentamer.
- 15. An automatic home laundry process, said process comprising contacting, in an automatic washing machine in the home, machine washable fabric articles and dry clean only fabric articles with a wash medium comprising siloxane.
- 16. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 15 wherein the siloxane comprises cyclic siloxane.
- 17. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 16 wherein the cyclic siloxane comprises more than about 50% cyclic siloxane pentamer.
- 18. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 17 wherein the fabric articles are contacted with the wash medium comprising siloxane by uniformly wetting by spraying the wash medium onto the fabric articles in the automatic washing machine.
- 19. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 15 wherein the wash medium comprises from about 0.1% to about 5% purposively added water.
- 20. The automatic home laundry process according to claim 15 wherein the siloxane comprises at least about 90% by weight of the siloxane of cyclic siloxane pentamer.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 601/209,444 which was filed on Jun. 5, 2000.
Provisional Applications (1)
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