Germicidal pine oil cleaning compositions

A pine oil type cleaning concentrate comprising:

• Constituent A):
• 0.01-3.0% by weight of a pine oil comprising at least 60% alpha-terpineol;
• Constituent B):
• 0.01-15% by weight of a pine oil solubilizing agents selected from the group consisting of a nonionic alkoxylated fatty linear alcohol, and, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alcohols;
• Constituent C):
• 0.1-5% by weight of a cationic surfactant exhibiting germicidal activity selected from the group consisting of (I) structures having the formula:
• ##STR5## wherein;
• (a) at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, aryl aliphatic or aliphatic aryl radical of from 6 to 26 carbon atoms, and any remaining R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are hydrocarbons of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, wherein any of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be linear or branched, and X is a salt-forming anionic radical;
• or (b) wherein R.sub.1, and R.sub.4 are methyl, R.sub.3 is benzyl and R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.12-16 alkyl, C.sub.8-18 alkylethoxy or C.sub.8-18 alkylphenolethoxy and X is a salt-forming anionic radical;
• or (II) N-alkyl pyridinium halides, N-(laurylcocoaminoformylmethyl)-pyridinium chloride, lauryloxyphenyltrimethyl ammonium chloride and cetylaminophenyltrimethyl ammonium methosulfate,
• X is a salt-forming anionic radical;
• Constituent D):
• 0.1-5 % by weight of a carboxylated alcohol alkoxylate surfactant compound according to the following general formula:
• ##STR6## wherein R is a hydrophobic C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 alkyl group,
• n is 1-24,
• X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CH.sub.3, succinic acid radical, hydroxysuccinic acid radical, citric acid radical, and mixtures thereof, wherein at least X or Y is a succinic acid radical, hydroxy succinic acid radical, citric acid radical or radical, and
• Z is H or --CH.sub.2 COOH,
• Constituent E):
• 0.1-10% by weight of a surfactant compatibilizing agent selected from water soluble salts, and amphoteric betaine compounds according to the formula:
• ##STR7## wherein R is a hydrophobic group selected from alkyl groups containing from about 10 to about 22 carbon atoms, alkyl aryl and aryl alkyl groups containing about 10 to about 22 carbon atoms, where a benzene ring is treated as equivalent to about 2 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.1 is an alkyl group containing from 1 to about 3 carbon atoms and,
• R.sub.2 is an alkylene group containing from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms;
• Constituent F):
• the remaining balance of up to 100%, water.