ingredient may be used alone to set the final ph of a bleaching bath from about 6 0 to 8 0 the following example illustrates this operation into a suitable dyeing beaker containing an agitator 10 grams of cotton knit are placed in a bath of 200 ml water next are added 0 2 gm of a sequesting agent plexene 280 sybron chemical inc and 1 2 gm of 35 hydrogen peroxide the bath is heated to boil at 212 u00b0 f and held for one 1 hour the bath is drained and the cotton washed with 200 ml water and 0 2 gm low ph liquid buffer ingredient no 2 then the cotton knit is washed again in 200 ml of water neutralizations carried out in this manner with low ph liquid buffer ingredient no 2 produce comparable results and fabric to neutralizations done with acetic acid or other solid phosphate ph buffer agents a low or high ph buffer ingredient may be used in a wide variety of textile wet processing operations bleaching scouring dyeing printing or finishing to neutralize the bath or the fabric the high ph buffer ingredient would be used to raise an existing low ph and the low ph buffer ingredient would be used to lower an existing high ph one example of this type of use would be to neutralize the fabric and dye bath of a polyester cotton blend after dyeing with the disperse dyes and before dyeing with the direct dyes in addition to the above applications of the present invention low and or high ph liquid buffer ingredients find usage in a wide variety of industrial non textile applications where processing in water systems occurs and setting and.