Flexible textile sleeve with end fray resistant, protective coating and method of construction thereof

1. A tubular textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members, comprising:

a wall having opposite side edges extending generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of said sleeve, said wall being constructed from interlaced yarn that is heat-set to bias said wall into a self-wrapping tubular configuration with said opposite side edges being in overlapped relation with one another; and

a liquid coating applied to said interlaced yarn and dried, said coating having an acrylic binder and a water-based silicon resin, wherein said water-based silicon resin is uncured.

2. A method of constructing a textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members, comprising:

interlacing yarn to form an elongate wall having opposite side edges;

applying a liquid coating having an acrylic binder and a water-based silicon resin to the yarn;

heating the liquid coating to drive off water from the yarn without curing the silicon resin and without heat-setting the yarn;

wrapping the elongate wall into a curled tubular configuration extending along a central longitudinal axis and bringing the opposite side edges into overlapping relation with one another; and

heat-setting the yarn at a temperature between about 200-225° C. to maintain the wall in a self-wrapping tubular configuration without curing the silicon resin.