| abstract |
A process of making a textile material antimicrobial includes treating the textile material using an exhaust process, where the liquor includes a solvent and one or more antimicrobial agents selected from silver cations, a quaternary ammonium organosilane compound, polyglucosamine, propiconazole, and polyhexamethylene biguanide, and where the one or more antimicrobial agents form a homogeneous mixture with the solvent. The process further includes drying the textile material to evaporate water in the textile material and curing the textile material after the water in the textile material has been evaporated by the drying, where curing is conducted at a curing temperature of at least 150° C. and of at most 205° C. |