may be done by several methods or a combination of these methods all well known in the art for example a distillation process may be employed to purify the collected lipophilic fluid a membrane filter may also be used to purify the collected lipophilic fluid another method may be to employ an adsorption process to purify the lipophilic fluid absorption processes may also be utilized to purify the collected lipophilic fluid an extraction process may also be utilized to purify the collected lipophilic fluid ion exchange and air stripping are also processes that may be employed individually or in combination with other processes to purify the collected lipophilic fluid the collection step of the present invention may be carried out in several ways spinning the fabric load including the lipophilic fluid and water is well known in conventional laundry applications wringing or twisting or squeezing the treated fabrics is also a well known mechanical way to extract fluids from fabrics and fabric articles evaporation may also be employed to collect the lipophilic fluid and water and or to dry the fabric load heating the fabric load lipophilic fluid and water or other well known means for evaporation may do this spinning may be coupled with heating to assist evaporation and evaporation uniformity if this method is employed it will require subsequent condensation of the lipophilic fluid and water followed by the separation and purification steps it will be understood that the methods of the present invention may be combined with other fabric treatments for example prior to the application of the lipophilic fluid the fabric articles may be subjected to the particulate removal method described in co pending application ser no.