for the fibers of the textile material means that the compound corresponding to its purpose as a means for taking up and transporting the substances to be washed on the textile material can neither become fixed to the fibers nor penetrate into them and furthermore that the compound may not form any kind of bond with the fibers the fluid will be in general an aqueous system however other types of fluid systems are also not excluded if they produce foams and in general show the same effect the working of the foam into the textile material and the subsequent removal thereof takes place in accordance with the present invention preferably in the manner that the foam is drawn through the textile material by suction from the side thereof opposite to the side to which the foam has been applied and then is removed as is disclosed in u s pat no 1 948 568 and no 3 042 573 the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference however it is also possible for example to squeeze or wring between rollers the textile material carrying the foam whereby a penetration effect of the textile material with the foam and its removal can.