Viscoelastic amphoteric surfactant based cleaning compositions

A method of cleaning an object comprising:

• contacting the object with a viscoelastic cleaning composition for a predetermined time,
• wherein
• the cleaning composition comprises:
• (a) a source of alkalinity,
• (b) a nonpolymer viscoelastic surfactant having the following formula:
• wherein R1 represents a hydrophobic moiety of alkyl, alkylarylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl and alkylamidoalkyl, wherein alkyl represents a group that contains from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms which may be branched or straight chained and which may be saturated or unsaturated;
• R2 and R3 are independently an aliphatic chain having from about 1 to about 30 atoms in which the aliphatic group can be branched or straight chained, saturated or unsaturated, a hydroxyalkyl chain or a carboxyalkyl chain;
• and
• R4 is a hydrocarbyl radical (e.g. alkylene) with chain length 1 to 4;
• and
• (c) from about 0.2 wt. % to about 5 wt. % by weight of said composition of a pseudolinker, wherein the pseudo linker is magnesium sulfate, magnesium acetate, aluminum sulfate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), neutralized aminotris(methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP), neutralized 1-hydroxyethane 1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP), and/or neutralized 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid (PBTC);
• wherein said pseudo linker is present in a ratio greater than 1:1 of active percent
• by weight of linker to active percent by weight of surfactant;
• and thereafter rinsing the cleaning composition from the object so that the cleaning composition and any soils or debris are washed away.