it is preferred that it be present in an amount such that the resultant finishing bath used for treating textile materials will contain from about 0 to about 8 parts by weight of softening agent per 100 parts by weight of finishing composition the softening agent may be dissolved in aliphatic alcohols such as methanol ethanol butanol hexanol and octanol the textile finishing compositions of this invention may be prepared by mixing the diluent with the durable press resin composition i e aminoplast resin and aldehyde in any order and at temperatures ranging from about 10 u00b0 to 90 u00b0 c the textile finishing compositions may be applied to any textile materials examples of suitable textile materials are cotton rayon polyester polypropylene polyethylene polyurethane polyamide wool hemp natural silk cellulose acetate and polyacrylonitrile fibers as well as mixtures of these fibers the textile materials may consist of staple or monofilament fibers and fabrics made thereof the textile finishing compositions of this invention may be applied to the textile materials by any means known in the art such as by spraying immersion foaming padding calendering or by gliding the fibers across a base which has been saturated with the compositions of this invention a preferred method for treating textile materials is to use a finishing bath containing a solution dispersion.