Dual-usage liquid laundry detergents

A domestic method of treating a textile garment with an aqueous liquid detergent composition, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) treating a textile with an aqueous solution comprising a mixture of water and the detergent composition in relative amounts such that the aqueous solution comprises from about 0.01 g/L to about 1 g/L of an alkyl ethoxy sulfate surfactant and from about 0.1 mg/L to about 100 mg/L of a silicone anti-foam;
• and
• b) rinsing and drying the textile;
• wherein the aqueous liquid detergent composition comprises from about 1% to about 60%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant system wherein said surfactant system comprises:
• i) at least 35%, by weight of the surfactant surfactant system, of alkylethoxysulfate;
• ii) from 0% to about 10%, by weight of the surfactant system, of nonionic surfactant;
• iii) from 0% to about 10%, by weight of the surfactant system, of soap;
• b) from about 0.001% to about 4.0%, by weight of the composition, of an anti-foam selected from from organomodified silicone polymers with aryl or alkylaryl substituents combined with silicone resin and the primary filler is modified silica;
• and mixtures thereof;
• c) from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight of the composition, of a structurant.

A method for simplifying the manufacture of liquid and gel-form laundry detergents, said method comprising:

• (a) providing an antifoam and structuring system effective in both top-loading and front-loading domestic laundry appliances;
• (b) adding said antifoam and structuring system by late product differentiation addition into said liquid and gel-form laundry detergents;
• (c) packing a proportion of the produced laundry detergent into packages specifying intended consumer use in top-loader appliances;
• and
• (d) packing a proportion of the produced laundry detergent into packages specifying intended consumer use in front-loading appliances;
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• (e) marketing the thus produced products.

A method for simplifying the manufacture of liquid and gel-form laundry detergents, said method comprising:

• a) providing an antifoam and structuring system effective in both top-loading and front-loading domestic laundry appliances;
• b) adding said antifoam and structuring system into said liquid and gel-form laundry detergents;
• c) packing the produced laundry detergent into packages specifying intended consumer use as a universal top-loader/front-loader laundry detergent and
• d) marketing the thus produced product.