with said treating baths showed better durabilities than those of silk fabrics treated by the conventional methods while retaining the original touch peculiar to silk goods as prior to the treatments ______________________________________ bath no constituents of bath no 1 no 2______________________________________skg 620 6 8t 30 2 2p 0 1 0 1kr 58 plasticizer 1 1sfz catalyst 0 15 0 15potassium bichromate 0 25 0 25z ff polyvinyl pyrrolidone 2 2dirtptat 1600 catalyst 0 01 0 01as catalyst 0 5water remainder remainder ______________________________________ a woolen fabric dyed with an acid dye was treated with water repellent by means of a treating bath containing the following composition ______________________________________preparation of treating bath______________________________________skg 620 4 8 t 30 1 3 p 0 1 0 3 water remainder ______________________________________ according to the above test results of said sample fabrics the untreated fabrics became moldy whereas the treated fabrics did not become moldy at all after adding 4 8 of excell 700 to the treating bath in example 6 synthetic and woolen fabrics were treated with said water repellent in the above bath and then subjected to the electrostatic charge test the results of which are as follows ______________________________________ value of the surface resistancesample no untreated treated______________________________________1 wool 2 6 u00d7 10 sup 12 u03c9 2 1 u00d7 10 sup 12 u03c92 polyester 2 4 u00d7 10 sup 9 u03c9 5 5 u00d7 10 sup 8 u03c9______________________________________ note for measuring the surface resistance the superinsulation tester ve40 and the normal temperature measuring box rc02 both by.