Abstract
Water absorption of a cotton towel treated with two types of household softeners was examined by Larose method. The conventional and latest ones contain distearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride and dioleyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, respectively, as a softener base. The former caused the deteriorated water absorption of the towel according to the increase of its bath concentration. However, almost normal water absorption was found in the latter's case over all the concentration range examined here. The latest softener would give the consumer's satisfactory water absorption even in its excess use. In addition, the consistency between Larose and Bilec methods was observed in the order.
