Resin finishing of woven and knitted fabrics composed of cellulosic fibres and their blends with synthetic fibres. For embossed, schreiner and chintz finishes. The finished textile materials have a very low formaldehyde content particularly in the LAW 112 and AATCC 112 test methods meeting the Oeko-Tex standard 100 of 75 ppm free formaldehyde. CD-281 shows good finish effects that have a high stability to hydrolysis, and are also fast to washing at the boil and to dry cleaning.