a uniform manner as noted above once the chemical has been applied to the article the article is dried generally by subjecting the article to heat heating can be accomplished by any technique typically used in manufacturing operations such as dry heat from a tenter frame microwave energy infrared heating 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.