be associated therewith can be more fully understood by reference to the attached drawings fig1 illustrates the processing of a recycled wool fabric the fabric is shown as being passed into a scray and fed therefrom around and over rollers into a pad apparatus the padder unit contains the treating solution and is arranged so that the fabric travels through the treating solution for impregnation thereof the fabric is then passed through a box washer unit which contains the wash water the box washer unit as will be understood will include means for circulation of the wash water therethrough after completion of the washing contact the fabric is passed through a curing oven which may be a microwave oven it should be understood that the oven will be of such length or that the fabric will be subjected to multiple passes therethrough so that the required temperature and time of exposure are provided to complete the curing after emerging from the curing oven the fabric can be passed over a drying apparatus which is known in the textile industry as dry cans after completion of the drying the fabric is passed to a folder as shown looking now at fig2 there is shown a segment of a recycled wool fiber which has a break in the outer scaly cuticle as illustrated in the impregnation step the bifunctional monomer a b is on the exterior surfaces of the fiber as well as in the area where the interior protein is exposed as illustrated.