An ink jet recording method includes first attaching an ink composition to fabric so as to have an attached amount of 10 mg/inch.sup.2 to 30 mg/inch.sup.2, and second attaching the ink composition to the fabric so as to have an attached amount of 90 mg/inch.sup.2 to 250 mg/inch.sup.2, in which the ink composition includes a pigment and a resin dispersion, and a content of a resin included in the resin dispersion is 0.5 parts by mass to 2.5 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of the pigment.

The present invention relates to a partially neutralized polymer, a method for its production and its use for the finishing of substrates.