Useful silicone carbinolsinclude hydroxy terminated polysiloxanes selected from the group consisting of siloxanes of the general structure: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl such as methyl, ethyl or isopropyl and arylsuch as phenyl including substituted alkyl and aryl, for example tolyl, xylyl, benzyl and phenethyl; and w is an integer from