FABRIC TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS, THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE

摘要

A method of conditioning fabrics, the method comprising dosing a solid fabric treatment composition comprising: (a) one or more quaternary ammonium fabric softening materials; and (b) a fatty component selected from fatty acids, fatty alcohols and mixtures thereof; into a wash cycle of an automatic washing machine, allowing the wash cycle to be completed and then performing a rinse cycle in the washing machine. The composition may also be dosed into the rinse cycle direct. The composition may be formed as a melt which is cooled. The composition may contain less than 5 wt% of water. The composition may comprise one or more of anionic surfactants, non-polymeric water soluble builders and water soluble non-builder inorganic salts.