A soil-resistant fiber fabric having excellent water/oil repellency and excellent soil dirt resistance is obtained by fixing colloidal silica to a fiber fabric, and by subsequently treating the fiber fabric with a water/oil repellent fluorine compound, thereby having the water/oil repellent fluorine compound adhere to a surface of the fiber fabric.

A soil-resistant fiber fabric having excellent water/oil repellency and excellent soil dirt resistance is obtained by fixing colloidal silica to a fiber fabric, and by subsequently treating the fiber fabric with a water/oil repellent fluorine compound, thereby having the water/oil repellent fluorine compound adhere to a surface of the fiber fabric.

A method for producing a water/oil repellent composition can produce an article which is excellent in the oil repellency while maintaining the water repellency and the heavy-rain durability. The method includes mixing an emulsion of a polymer having from 10 to 50 mass % of units based on a monomer having a perfluoroalkyl group per all units and an emulsion of a monomer component containing at least 80 mass % of a monomer having a perfluoroalkyl group so that the proportion of the mass of the polymer will be from 50 to 99 mass % per the sum of the mass of the polymer and the total mass of the monomer component and then polymerizing the monomer component. The monomer component includes emulsified particles in the emulsion of the monomer component. The emulsified particles have an average particle size of from 50 to 600 nm.

A fluorine-containing compound represented by general formula (1) by which high water-repellency can be obtained despite the small number of fluorine atoms:

L-(R.sup.1—X—Rf—Y—R.sup.2).sub.n  (1)

wherein L represents an n-valent organic group; n represents an integer of 1 or more; Rf represents a linear or branched fluoroalkylene group containing 1 to 4 of at least any of a CF.sub.2 unit, a CFH unit and a CFRf′ unit, and optionally having an ether bond, wherein Rf′ represents a fluoroalkyl group having 1 carbon atom; R.sup.1 represents a direct bond, or a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 7 to 29 carbon atoms, containing no fluorine atoms, and optionally having an ether bond; and X and Y each independently represent a direct bond or a divalent linking group.

The present invention discloses a fiber surface treatment composition, characterized in that the composition is comprised of a silane coupling agent, a polymer and a water repellent agent, wherein the polymer is a copolymer of a polyurethane/acrylic acid polymer, wherein the acrylic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polyacrylates or acrylic acid-acrylic acid ester copolymers. The invention also discloses an insulating fiber having the composition on its surface, the preparation method for it, and an insulating yarn and an insulated cord. The insulated fibers, yarns and ropes of the invention have the advantages of moisture resistance, washing resistance, ultraviolet aging resistance and the like. Particularly, the insulated ropes can be applied to the charging work of transmission lines, especially the UHV transmission lines.

To provide a liquid repellent composition which is excellent in liquid repellency and durability and an article having a liquid repelling film. A liquid repellent composition comprising a copolymer (I) and a copolymer (II), characterized in that the copolymer (I) containing from 65 to 95 mass % of a polymerized unit (a) (referred to as “[a.sub.1]”) and from 1 to 30 mass % of a polymerized unit (b); and the copolymer (II) containing from 25 to 80 mass % of a polymerized unit (a) (referred to as “[a.sub.2]”) and from 1 to 50 mass % of a polymerized unit (c) are contained in an amount of the copolymer (I)/the copolymer (II)=10/90 to 95/5 (mass ratio), and [a.sub.1]−[a.sub.2]≧10 (mass %).

To provide a liquid repellent composition which is excellent in liquid repellency and durability and an article having a liquid repelling film. A liquid repellent composition comprising a copolymer (I) and a copolymer (II), characterized in that the copolymer (I) containing from 65 to 95 mass % of a polymerized unit (a) (referred to as “[a.sub.1]”) and from 1 to 30 mass % of a polymerized unit (b); and the copolymer (II) containing from 25 to 80 mass % of a polymerized unit (a) (referred to as “[a.sub.2]”) and from 1 to 50 mass % of a polymerized unit (c) are contained in an amount of the copolymer (I)/the copolymer (II)=10/90 to 95/5 (mass ratio), and [a.sub.1]−[a.sub.2]≧10 (mass %).

For imparting enhanced water-repellency and oil-repellency properties to substrates compositions comprising blends of (A) one or more ester oligomers and (B) one or more polycarbodiimides. Also methods for applying such compositions and articles treated with such compositions.

The invention addresses the problem of providing a water-repellent cloth that is excellent in water repellency as well as stretchability and also a textile product using the water-repellent cloth. A means for resolution is a water-repellent cloth given water repellent processing, and the cloth is configured to include a composite yarn containing a stretch fiber and an ultrafine fiber having a single fiber fineness of 1 dtex or less.

A fabric includes a fabric body and a backing resin layer laminated on a rear surface of the fabric body. The fabric body includes a fluorine-containing organic compound adhered to at least the surface thereof, and the fluorine-containing organic compound has six carbon atoms and at least one fluorine atom. The backing resin layer contains a resin, a flame retardant, and an organic fluorine based oil repellent in which the carbon number is six.