60 ppm per fiber zeomic u00ae c is x static u00ae electrically conductive fabric with 8000 ppm silver thereon thus the inventive example retianed greater than 86 od active sliver ion after 20 washes whereas the comparative examples were either extremely low in available silver ion b below 80 retention all three with a and c below 50 retention or electrically conductive in nature c another indication of the effectiveness of the new binder system for this topical application is the measure of antimicrobial activity of the topical finish after a certain number of washes such silver ion based finishes exhibit excellent antimicrobial activity which can lead to desired odor control microbe killing among other benefits preferably effective finish retention silver ion release retention is available when the sample fabric exhibits a log kill rate for staphylococcus aureus of at least 1 5 preferably above 2 0 more perferably above 3 0 and a log kill rate for klebsiella pneumoniae of at least 1 5 perferably above 2 0 and more preferably above 3 0 both as tested in accordance with aatcc test method 100 1993 for 24 hour exposure after at least 10 washes preferably more as defined above the results for the above examples 1 3 are as follows wherein u03b4e represents the difference in color between the fabric upon initial latex coating and the fabric after the above noted degree of ultra violet exposure l a and b are the color coordinates wherein l is a measure of the lightness and darkness of the colored fabric a is a measure of.