Properties of textiles can be improved or changed by applying a special finishing, which contains microcapsules and contributes to an antimicrobial, deodorising, medicinal or insect repelling effect. For the impregnation of woven and non-woven textiles, the compatibility of microcapsules with various water-based additives was tested: (1) water suspensions of binders based on latex (styrene-butadiene, polyvinylacetate, acrylate) with anionic and/or non-ionic emulsifiers, (2) binders based on solutions of water-soluble polymers (polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose, modified starch, xanthanes), (3) finishing media based on urea- and melamine-forinaldehyde resins and dimethylolethylene urea. The suspension of microcapsules can be mixed with the above binders in all ratios. To determine the optimum conditions for the preparation of finishing formulations with microencapsulated ingredients, the coating system, the target effect of finishing, the textile properties and the target properties of the final product have to be defined.