fabric was used for treatments samples were impregnated with these solutions and squeezed through pad rolls to achieve approximately 80 by weight wet pick up of the treatment solution the wet impregnated samples were pinned on frames then dried for 7 minutes at 60 u00b0 c and cured for 3 minutes at 140 u00b0 c samples were then washed tumble dried and rated for durable press dp appearance table i______________________________________sample a b c d e______________________________________ ff added to treatment 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 bathdp rating after tumble 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 drying______________________________________ this demonstrates that addition of free formaldehyde to the treatment bath containing h 2 o 2 has no influence on improvement of durable press appearance aqueous solutions were prepared such that in each 100 g there were 9 g of dimethylol dihydroxyethyleneurea and sample f 5 millimoles of al 2 oh 5 cl and 5 millimoles of hcooh a 3 2 oz sq yd cotton printcloth fabric was used for the treatments samples were impregnated with these solutions and squeezed through pad rolls to achieve wet pick ups of approximately 80 by weight of the treatment solution the wet impregnated fabrics were pinned on frames then dried for 7 minutes at 60 u00b0 c and cured for.