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US 2025/0012003 A1Published application
Method of laundering fabric
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsAlan Thomas BROOKER, Lindsey HEATHCOTE, Karolina Anna KORZYCKA, Kerry Louise SWABEY
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of laundering fabric. The fabric to be laundered is subjected to a first acidic soaking step, followed by an alkaline washing step.
Claims11
A method of laundering fabric wherein the method comprises the steps:
- (a) contacting from about 10 g to about 100 g of an acidic solid laundry detergent composition to from about 1.0 L to about 10.0 L of water to form an acidic aqueous wash bath having a pH in the range of from about 2.0 to about 3.0,
- wherein the acidic solid laundry detergent composition comprises from about 10 wt % to about 70 wt % acidic component, and from about 1.0 wt % to about 20 wt % detersive surfactant;
- (b) contacting soiled fabric to the acidic aqueous wash bath, and soaking the soiled fabric in the acidic aqueous wash bath for from about 1 hour to about 24 hours;
- (c) removing the soaked fabric from the acidic aqueous wash bath;
- (d) contacting from about 10 g to about 200 g of an alkaline solid laundry detergent composition to from about 1.0 L to about 70 L of water to form an alkaline aqueous wash bath having a pH in the range of from about 8.0 to about 12.0;
- wherein the alkaline solid laundry detergent composition comprises from about 3.0 wt % to about 50 wt % alkaline component and from about 1.0 wt % to about 30 wt % detersive surfactant;
- (e) contacting the soaked fabric from step (c) to the alkaline aqueous wash bath, and washing the soaked fabric in the alkaline aqueous wash bath for from about 10 mins to about 4 hours;
- (f) removing the washed fabric from the alkaline aqueous wash bath;
- (g) rinsing the washed fabric from step (f) with water.
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