(57) A method of conditioning fabrics comprises contacting the fabrics in an aqueous environment
with a fabric conditioning agent. The fabric conditioning agent comprises an organofunctional
polyalkyl siloxane having the general formula (I)
wherein each R is independently an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, each
of R¹, R², and R³ is independently an alkyl group containing 1 to 24 carbon atoms
or R³ is the group (CH₂)q COO⁻ where q is O to 10, A is a divalent hydrocarbon group interrupted by or substituted
with one or more oxygen containing groups, Z is a monovalent anion or the equivalent
thereof, n and m are positive integers and r is a positive integer or zero such as
to render the siloxane electrically neutral.
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