2 butyl octanol 2 hexyl decanol and or 2 octyl dodecanol other suitable compounds of formula v are those in which r 6 is an aliphatic saturated linear or branched alkyl group containing 8 to 16 carbon atoms o is a number of 2 to 7 and m is a number of 3 to 7 these compounds are addition products of monohydric alcohols of the described type alkoxylated first with 2 to 7 moles ethylene oxide and then with 3 to 7 moles propylene and or butylene oxide in another preferred embodiment the rinse agents contain fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers which are products of the addition of first propylene oxide and then optionally ethylene oxide accordingly the ethers in question are fatty alcohol polypropylene glycol polyethylene glycol ethers which preferably correspond to formula vi r 7 o ch 2 ch 3 cho r ch 2 ch 2 o q h vi in which r 7 is an alkyl and or alkenyl group containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms r is a number of 1 to 10 and q is a number of 0 to 15 compounds such as these are described for example in de a1 43 23 252 particularly preferred representatives of the compounds corresponding to formula vi are those in which r 7 is an aliphatic saturated linear or branched alkyl chain containing 8 to 16 carbon atoms r is a number of 1 to 5 and q is a number of 1 to 6 these compounds are preferably products of the addition of 1 to 5 moles propylene oxide and 1 to 6 moles ethylene oxide.