Claims
- 1. A process for producing a treated textile substrate, comprising the step of applying to the surface of a textile substrate a coating composition containing a coating agent selected from the group consisting of (a) a mixture of an azetidinium polymer and a guanidine polymer, (b) a copolymer of an azetidinium monomer and a guanidine monomer, and (c) a poly(aminoamide)-epichlorohydrin resin.
- 2. The process of claim 1, wherein the coating agent comprises a mixture of an azetidinium polymer and a guanidine polymer.
- 3. The process of claim 2, wherein the azetidinium polymer is comprised of monomer units having the structural fornulla in which R1 and R2 are independently C1-6 alkylene, X− is an anionic, organic or inorganic counterion, and Y1, Y2 and Y3 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, halo, alkoxy, alkyl, amino, carboxy, acetoxy, cyano, and suilfhydryl.
- 4. The process of claim 3, wherein the guanidine polymer is comprised of monomer units having the structural formula wherein R3 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl and R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or hydroxyl-substituted alkoxy.
- 5. The process of claim 4, wherein, in the guanidine polymer, R3 and R4 are hydrogen.
- 6. The process of claim 3, wherein the guanidine polymer is comprised of monomer units having the structural formula wherein n is an integer in the range of 1 to 10 inclusive, R3 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl and R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or hydroxyl-substituted alkoxy.
- 7. The process of claim 6, wherein, in the guanidine polymer, R3 and R4 are hydrogen.
- 8. The process of claim 3, wherein, in the azetidinium polymer, R1 and R2 are methylene, X− is selected from the group consisting of halide, acetate, methane sulfonate, succinate, citrate, malonate, fumarate, oxalate, and hydrogen sulfate, Y1 and Y3 are independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl, and Y2 is hydrogen or hydroxyl.
- 9. The process of claim 8, wherein the guanidine polymer is comprised of monomer units having the structural formula wherein R3 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl and R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or hydroxyl-substituted alkoxy.
- 10. The process of claim 9, wherein, in the guanidine polymer, R3 and R4 are hydrogen.
- 11. The process of claim 8, wherein the guanidine polymer is comprised of monomer units having the structural formula wherein n is an integer in the range of 1 to 10 inclusive, R3 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl and R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or hydroxyl-substituted alkoxy.
- 12. The process of claim 11, wherein, in the guanidine polymer, R3 and R4 are hydrogen.
- 13. The process of claim 8, wherein, in the azetidinium polymer, Y1 and Y3 are hydrogen and Y2 is hydroxyl.
- 14. The process of claim 13, wherein the guanidine polymer is comprised of monomer units having the structural formula wherein R3 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl and R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or hydroxyl-substituted alkoxy.
- 15. The process of claim 14, wherein, in the guanidine polymer, R3 and R4 are hydrogen.
- 16. The process of claim 13, wherein the guanidine polymer is comprised of monomer units having the structural formula wherein n is an integer in the range of 1 to 10 inclusive, R3 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl and R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or hydroxyl-substituted alkoxy.
- 17. The process of claim 16, wherein, in the guanidine polymer, R3 and R4 are hydrogen.
- 18. The process of claim 1, wherein the coating agent is comprised of a copolymer of an azetidinium monomer unit and a guanidine monomer unit.
- 19. The process of claim 18, wherein the azetidinium monomer unit has the structural formula in which R1 and R2 are independently C1-6 alkylene, X− is an anionic, organic or inorganic counterion, and Y1, Y2, and Y3 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, halo, alkoxy, alkyl, amino, carboxy, acetoxy, cyano, and sulfhydryl, and the guanidine monomer unit has the structural formula wherein n is an integer in the range of 1 to 10 inclusive, R3 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl and R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or hydroxyl-substituted alkoxy.
- 20. The process of claim 19, wherein, in the azetidinium monomer unit, R1 and R2 are methylene, X− is selected from the group consisting of halide, acetate, methane sulfonate, succinate, citrate, malonate, fumarate, oxalate, and hydrogen sulfate, Y1 and Y3 are independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl, and Y2 is hydrogen or hydroxyl.
- 21. The process of claim 1, wherein the coating composition is aqueous.
- 22. The process of claim 1, wherein the coating composition further comprises a colorant.
- 23. The process of claim 22, wherein the colorant is a pigment.
- 24. The process of claim 23, wherein the pigment is selected from the group consisting of silica, titanium dioxide and calcium carbonate.
- 25. The process of claim 22, wherein the colorant is a dye.
- 26. The process of claim 1, wherein the coating composition is applied in an amount that results in a coating representing approximately 0.5 wt. % to 20 wt. % of the textile substrate after drying.
- 27. The process of claim 1, wherein the coating agent represents approximately 1 wt. % to 100 wt. % of the coating composition, based upon total solids weight of the coating composition after drying.
- 28. A textile substrate treated by the process of claim 1.
- 29. A textile substrate treated by the process of claim 2.
- 30. A textile substrate treated by the process of claim 18.
- 31. A method for providing a water-resistant printed image on a textile substrate, comprising:applying to a textile substrate a coating composition comprised of a coating agent selected from the group consisting of (a) a mixture of an azetidinium polymer and a guanidine polymer, (b) a copolymer of an azetidinium monomer and a guanidine monomer, and (c) a poly(aminoamide)-epichlorolhydrin resin, thereby producing a treated textile substrate; and applying a colorant composition to the treated textile substrate, wherein the colorant composition contains a coating agent reactive colorant having ionizable and/or nucleophilic groups.
- 32. A printed textile product prepared by the method of claim 31.
- 33. The printed textile product of claim 32, wherein the printed image is water-resistant and detergent-resistant.
- 34. The process of claim 1, wherein the coating agent is a poly(aminoamide)-epichlorohydrin resin.
- 35. The method of claim 31, wherein the coating agent is a poly(aminoamide)-epichlorohydrin resin.
- 36. The process of claim 1, further including, prior to application of the coating composition, pretreating the substrate with a pretreatment agent.
- 37. The process of claim 36, wherein the pretreatment agent is a resin.
- 38. The process of claim 36, wherein the pretreatment agent is a sizing agent.
- 39. The process of claim 31, further including, prior to application of the coating composition, pretreating the substrate with a pretreatment agent.
- 40. The process of claim 39, wherein the pretreatment agent is a resin.
- 41. The process of claim 39, wherein the pretreatment agent is a sizing agent.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application 60/082,697, filed Apr. 22, 1998.
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