a high molecular weight ethoxylated polyester sold under the trade name lubril qcx by rhone poulenc which improves both the hand and the soil release characteristics of the fabric such chemicals are effectively applied in a padding operation although other application techniques may be employed by way of example only a 3 concentration of lubril qcx was found to improve the hand and soil release characteristics of the fabric without negatively impacting the fabric 39 s ability to absorb water the phrase u201c absorption capacity u201d is intended to describe the capacity of the fabric to absorb water the capacity is measured as milliliters of water per gram of fabric the untreated nonwoven fabric described herein has an absorption capacity of about 3 5 ml g the nonwoven fabric of the present product having been subjected to acidic and basic treatments has an absorption capacity of about 7 0 ml g an improvement of about 200 the nonwoven fabric of the present product having been subjected to high pressure hydroentanglement acidic treatment and basic treatment has an absorption capacity of about 6 2 ml g table 1 absorption capacity testing with various treatments acid acid exposure base absorption concentration time concentration capacity improvement treatment owb minutes owb ml g vs untreated none 0 0 0 3 52 n a dyed 0 0 0 3 82 109 naoh only 0 0 0 050 4 38 124 ptsa naoh 0 25 30 0 050 4 30 122 ptsa naoh 0 50 30 0 050 4 43 126 ptsa naoh 1 0 60 0 050 4 58 130 ptsa naoh 1 0 90 0 050 5 07 144 ptsa naoh 2 0 30 0 050 4 82 137 ptsa naoh 2 0 60 0 050 5 11.