Stable microemulsion cleaning composition
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsMyriam Loth, Claude Blanvalet, Baudouin Valange
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AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsMyriam Loth, Claude Blanvalet, Baudouin Valange
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A stable microemulsion cleaning composition is described, which, in the absence of opacifying component, appears clear to the eye, and which is especially useful for cleaning surfaces having oily or greasy soils thereon, which comprises synthetic organic detergent, water, co-surfactant of the described type, and perfume, which is the only "solvent". The concentrated detergent composition may be employed as is, or may be easily diluted with water to form a similarly clear and stable microemulsion. In process aspects of the invention both the concentrated and the diluted compositions may be employed to remove oily and greasy stains from substrates, such as normally shiny bathroom fixture and floor and wall surfaces, including tiles, by a "spray and wipe" process, which leaves the surface shiny. When the invented compositions are acidic they are useful for removing lime scale and soap scum from hard surfaces. Also described are processed for manufacturing and diluting the invented compositions.
A stable aqueous microemulsion cleaning composition in concentrated form, which, in the absence of opacifying component, is clear, and which is dilutable with water to at least five times its weight, which diluted composition is a stable aqueous microemulsion which is useful as an all-purpose cleaning composition, both the concentrated and diluted compositions being especially effective to clean oily and greasy soils from substrates, which concentrated composition comprises anionic synthetic organic detergent which is a non-soap sulfonated, sulfated or carboxylated hydrophobic moiety of 8 to 26 carbon atoms, nonionic synthetic organic detergent which is a condensation product of an organic aliphatic or alkylaromatic hydrophobic compound and ethylene oxide, or a mixture thereof, perfume of a water solubility less than 2%, water and co-surfactant, which is selected from the group consisting of water soluble alkanols of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, polypropylene glycol of 2 to 18 propoxy units, a monoalkyl ether of a lower glycol of the formula RO(X).sub.n H wherein R is C.sub.1-4 alkyl and X is CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O, CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 O or CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O, and n is from 1 to 4, a monoalkyl ester of the formula R.sup.1 O(X).sub.n H wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.2-4 acyl and X and n are as immediately previously described, aryl substituted lower alkanol of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, propylene carbonate, aliphatic mono-, di-, or tri-carboxylic acid of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, mono-, di-, or tri-hydroxy substituted aliphatic mono-, di- or tricarboxylic acid of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, higher alkyl ether poly-lower alkoxy carboxylic acid of the formula R.sup.2 O(X).sub.n YCOOH, wherein R.sup.2 is C.sub.9-15 alkyl, n is from 4 to 12, and Y is CH.sub.2, C(O)R.sup.3 or C(O)phenyl, wherein R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1-3 alkylene, or a lower alkyl mono-, di-, or triester of phosphoric acid, wherein the lower alkyl is of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or any mixture thereof, which diluted composition is of 1 to 13% synthetic organic detergent, 0.4 to 3% of perfume of water solubility of less than 2%, 83 to 98% of water and 0.4 to 10% of co-surfactant.
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