Soil is removed from cotton and/or a cotton/wool blend material and the resoilability of the material is reduced by a process which comprises contacting the material with a composition comprising nanoscale particles having a particle size of from 5 to 500 nm wherein the particles are comprised of of precipitated silicas, aerogels, xerogels, Mg(OH)2, boehmite (Al(O)OH), ZrO2, ZnO, CeO2, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, SiO2, TiN, hydroxy.apatite, bentoite, hectorite, SiO2:CeO2, SnO2, In2O3:SnO2, MgAl2O4, HfO2, SiO2 Sols, Al2O3 sols, TiO2 sols, and mixtures thereof and a hydrophilizing agent selected from the group consisting of ethanol, n- or i-propanol, butanols, ethylene glycol methyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, ethylene glycol propyl ether, ethylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether, diethylene glycol methyl ether, diethylene glycol ethyl ether, propylene glycol methyl, ethyl or propyl ether, dipropylene glycol monomethyl or monoethyl ether, diisopropylene glycol monomethyl or monoethyl ether, methoxy, ethoxy or butoxytriglycol, 1-butoxyethoxy-2-propanol, 3-methyl-3-methoxybutanol, propylene glycol t-butyl ether, alcohols, more particularly C1-4 alkanols, glycols and polyols and polyethylene glycol liquid at room temperature, carboxylic acid esters and mixtures thereof.