Reduced misting oven cleaner

A thixotropic sprayable strongly acidic hard surface cleaner composition, formulated to reduce the formation of a choking aerosol when sprayed, the composition comprises:

• (a) an effective cleaning amount of a strong acid;
• (b) an effective amount of an organic surfactant composition;
• (c) an effecting thickening amount of an organic polymer thickener;
• and
• (d) water;
• wherein the acid composition obtains a median airborne aerosol particle size of greater than about 170 .mu.m when sprayed.

A sprayable, strongly alkaline oven cleaner composition, formulated to reduce the formation of a choking aerosol when sprayed, the composition comprising:

• (a) about 1 to about 15 wt % of a strong base comprising a mixture of
• (i) an alkali metal hydroxide and
• (ii) an organic base comprising monoethanol amine, diethanol amine, triethanol amine, or mixtures thereof;
• (b) about 0.1 to about 5 wt % of a corrosion inhibitor for ferrous metals;
• (c) about 0.01 to about 2 wt % of a crosslinked xanthan thickener composition
• (d) about 0.01 to about 5 wt % of a cationic amine oxide surfactant;
• and
• (e) about 0.01 to about 5% of an amphoteric surfactant
• wherein the alkaline composition obtains a median airborne aerosol particle size greater than 170 .mu.m when sprayed.

A sprayable strongly acidic hard surface cleaner composition, formulated to reduce the formation of choking aerosol when sprayed, the composition comprising:

• (a) about 1-20 wt % of a strong acid composition;
• (b) about 1-20 wt % of an organic surfactant;
• (c) about 0.01 to about 10 wt% of a polyvinyl alcohol thickener composition;
• (d) about 0.1 to 10 wt % of an hydroxy substituted organic solvent composition;
• and
• (e) water;
• wherein the acid cleaner composition obtains a median airborne aerosol particle size of greater than about 200 .mu.m when sprayed.