Reduced residue hard surface cleaner
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorsAram Garabedian, Jr., Scott C. Mills, William P. Sibert
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Abstract
The invention provides an aqueous, hard surface cleaner with significantly improved residue removed and substantially reduced filming/streaking, said cleaner comprising: (a) an effective amount of a solvent selected from C.sub.1-6 alkanol, C.sub.3-24 alkylene glycol ether, and mixtures thereof; (b) an effective amount of a surfactant selected from amphoteric, nonionic and anionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; (c) an effective amount of a buffering system which comprises a nitrogenous buffer selected from the group consisting of: ammonium or alkaline earth carbamates, guanidine derivatives, alkoxylalkylamines and alkyleneamines; and (d) the remainder as substantially all water.
Claims18
An aqueous, hard surface cleaner with significantly improved residue removal and substantially reduced filming/streaking, said cleaner comprising:
- (a) an effective amount of a solvent selected from C.sub.1-6 alkanol, C.sub.3-24 alkylene glycol ether, and mixtures thereof;
- (b) an effective amount of a surfactant selected from amphoteric and anionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof, said effective amount being about 0.001-1% anionic surfactant and about 0.005-2% amphoteric surfactant, and, optionally, a further, nonionic surfactant in an effective amount of about 0-0.75%;
- (c) about 0.01-2% of a buffering system which comprises a nitrogenous buffer selected from the group consisting of:
- ammonium or alkaline earth carbamates, guanidine salts, alkoxylalkylamines and alkyleneamines;
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- (d) a fragrance oil and a 1-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone present in an amount sufficient to disperse said fragrance oil, said alkyl group of said pyrrolidone being C.sub.6-20 alkyl;
- (e) the remainder as substantially all water.
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