Water removing composition

A composition suitable for use in removing water from solid surfaces which comprises:

• (a) a halogenated hydrocarbon solvent;
• (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of amines having an oxyalkylene group of the following general formula:
• ##STR9## wherein R.sup.6 is an alkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may be straight chained or branch chained, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are hydrogen or methyl group, and m and n are 0 or an integer of 1 to 5 and m+n equals 1 to 10, or:
• ##STR10## wherein R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are as defined above, R.sup.9 is an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, and p is an integer of 1 to 6, salts of said amine with an organic acid of the following general formula:
• R.sup.1 COOH, HOOCR.sup.2 COOH, R.sup.1 SO.sub.3 H, R.sup.1 OSO.sub.3 H, R.sup.1 OPO.sub.3 H or (R.sup.1 O).sub.2 PO.sub.2 H
• wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a hydroxyl group, or an alkylphenyl group having 7 to 26 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 is an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and quaternary ammonium salts of the following general formula:
• ##STR11## wherein R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are as defined above, R.sup.10 is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, q and r are an integer of 1 to 5 and q+r equals 2 to 6, and X is an acid radical of said acids;
• (c) at least one substituted amine salt with a dialkyl sulfosuccinate having the following general formula:
• ##STR12## wherein R.sup.1 is as defined above, and R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a hydroxyl group, or a polyoxyalkylene group, provided that all R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are not hydrogen at the same time;
• said (b) and (c) components being present in an amount of 0.5 to 10% by weight based on the weight of the solvent and said (c) component being present in an amount of 1 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of components (b) and (c).