Topical carpet treatment

摘要: A method for treating carpets is provided which obviates the need scouring. In accordance with method, an unscoured carpet treated topically, and by means of a low wet pickup solution comprising particles silica or similar inorganic additive fluorochemical other optional organic additive. Carpets in this are found to have excellent soil resistance properties do not decrease noticeably subsequent wear cleaning. Furthermore, since involves pickup, required drying times significantly reduced as compared conventional aqueous bath immersion methods.