steam superheated steam autoclaving etc or any combination thereof the article may be dyed or undyed prior to chemical treatment if undyed before treatment the article may be dyed or printed after treatment the article may also be subjected to various face finishing processes and sanforization after chemical treatment for example u s pat nos 5 822 835 4 918 795 and 4 837 902 incorporated herein by reference disclose a face finishing process wherein low pressure streams of gas are directed at high velocity to the surface of a fabric the process ultimately softens and conditions the fabric due to vibration caused from airflow on the fabric the following examples illustrate various embodiments of the present invention but are not intended to restrict the scope thereof in all examples all percentages are by weight percent of the total chemical mixture i e percent on weight of the chemical bath unless otherwise noted all examples utilized nonwoven fabric comprised of spun bonded continuous multi component fibers which have been exposed to mechanical or chemical processes to cause the multi component fibers to split at least partially along their length into individual polyester and nylon 6 6 fibers according to processes described in the two freudenberg patents earlier incorporated by reference the fabric known by its product name as evolon u00ae was obtained from firma carl freudenberg of weinheim germany pilling was determined by martindale pilling according to astm d4970 and the marks amp spencer test method p17 wherein u201c a u201d indicates optimal pilling resistance and u201c e u201d indicates poor pilling resistance when rating the fabric on the marks amp spencer holoscope the martindale pilling exposed the fabric to a 9 kpa weight 595 grams for 18 000 revolutions or cycles a home laundry tumble dry hltd wash procedure.