poly sodium acrylate in the cotton fabric carry over into other fibrous substrates in general the same performance characteristics that are listed above are increased when the same treatment is applied to cotton polyester blend 100 polyester nylon and acrylic fabric the deposition and fixation of other polymers that are exemplified in the disclosure of this invention in various fibrous substrates generate increases in these same performance properties although to degrees which depend upon the specific carboxyl containing monomer the comonomer and the base involved in the neutralization of the carboxyl containing monomers on essentially all fibrous substrates the carboxyl containing polymers and copolymers contribute soft hand or full bodied mellow hand in all cases soil release is improved the improvement being the smallest for the fibrous substrate that starts out most hydrophilic in nature such as cotton fabric and the improvement being the largest in the case of the fabric which starts out most hydrophobic such as polyester fabric the polymer illustrated in this example contributes antistatic properties to hydrophobic fibrous substances such as nylon polyester and polypropylene a network polymer of acrylic acid and methylenebisacrylamide was applied to polyester fabrics by the general procedure described in example 8 sodium hydroxide was employed to neutralize the acrylic acid and to bring the ph to 7 0 the samples of fabric were evaluated for change in wettability characteristics the wicking test is a measure of the rate at which an aqueous solution of dye rises a vertical distance of 2 cm and the results are expressed in seconds the drop absorbency test is a measure of the time.