A pretreatment liquid for ink jet textile printing according to an aspect of the invention used by being applied to a fabric before applying an ink composition for ink jet textile printing to the fabric includes a multivalent metal salt; and an aqueous medium, in which the concentration of the multivalent metal salt is within in a range of 0.025 mol/kg or more and 0.08 mol/kg or less. A textile printing method according to another aspect the invention includes applying a pretreatment liquid to at least a partial region of a fabric; and applying an ink composition for ink jet textile printing to at least a portion of the region to which the pretreatment liquid is applied.

A golf ball resin composition includes (A) a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer having a Shore D hardness of not more than 48 and (B) a thermoplastic resin having a Shore D hardness of at least 49 and containing either styrene monomer units or diene monomer units on the molecule, in a compounding ratio A/B therebetween of from 85/15 to 15/85. Using this resin composition as a golf ball cover material provides the ball with an excellent controllability around the green on shots with a short iron such as a sand wedge. In addition, a sufficient reduction in the spin rate of the ball on shots with a driver is achieved, enabling the distance of the ball to be increased.

A method of manufacturing an adhesive composition for use in the production of paperboard is provided. An amount of water contained within a source container is provided. The water is heated to a first temperature. A rheology modifier is added to the heated water to create a heated solution. A starch is added to the heated solution. The heated solution is mixed for a first period of time to create a heated mixture. Additionally, there may be more independent time segments determining an amount of time which the components of the heated solution are mixed or blended together. Additional elements of the adhesive composition are added to the heated mixture between each mixing time segment.

The present disclosure provides for a hybrid salogel, methods of making hybrid salogels, and systems using hybrid salogels.