Method for cleaning hard surfaces using an aqueous solution of quaternary ammonium compound, combination of nonionic surfactant and glycol ether solvent

A method for the cleaning of particles of soil from hard surfaces comprising the steps of:

• (a) preparing a cleaning composition comprising an aqueous solution of:
• (1) from about 0.08 to about 1.10 weight percent of a quaternary ammonium compound component;
• (2) from about 4 to about 8 weight percent of a nonionic sufactant component containing a combination of an alkoxylated alkanolamide, an ethoxylated alcohol and an alkyldi (lower alkyl) amine oxide in which the alkyl group has from 10 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein, based on 100 parts of said nonionic surfactant component, the alkanolamide is present in a ratio of from about 1 part to about 98.99 parts, the ethoxylated alcohol is present in a ratio of from about 1 to about 95 parts, and the amine oxide is present in a ratio of from about 0.01 to about 4.5 parts;
• and
• (3) from about 3.5 to about 10 weight percent of a glycol ether solvent;
• (b) diluting the composition with up to about 500 parts by weight of water;
• and
• (c) contacting the diluted cleaning composition with a hard surface,
• thereby removing soil particles.