Textile articles for washing and cleaning applications

1. A material for use in washing comprising a textile article having a first functionality and attached to the textile article a water-soluble container enclosing a composition having a second functionality wherein the textile article has dye complexing moieties bound to the textile article which are not released from the textile article in use, wherein the dye complexing moieties comprise polyvinylpyridine-N-oxide, and the second functionality comprises a water-softening composition, a bleach booster, a bleach, an enzyme or a dye complexing agent.

2. A material according to claim 1 wherein the textile article has a composition having a first functionality reversibly impregnated therein or deposited thereon.

3. A material according to claim 1 wherein the textile article is a cloth.

4. A material according to claim 1 wherein the water-soluble container has walls formed from a poly(vinyl alcohol) or cellulose derivative.

5. A material according to claim 1 wherein the composition having a second functionality is in solid form.

6. A material according to claim 1 which comprises the textile article partly or completely surrounded by the water-soluble container.

7. A material according to claim 1 which is for adding to a laundry washing machine.

8. A material according to claim 1 which is for adding to a ware washing machine.

9. A method of laundry washing which comprises the steps of:

placing laundry and a material according to claim 7 in a laundry washing machine; and

operating the machine to clean the laundry.

10. A method of ware washing which comprises the steps of:

placing wares and a material according to claim 8 in a ware washing machine; and

operating the machine to clean the wares.