Microemulsion liquid cleaning composition containing a short chain amphiphile

A microemulsion cleaning composition comprising approximately by weight:

• (a) 0.1 wt. % to 8% of an anionic selected from the group consisting of sulfonated surfactants and sulfated surfactants;
• (b) 0.5% to 6% of an ethoxylated/propoxylated nonionic surfactant;
• (c) 0.5% to 8% of a short chain amphiphiles formed from the condensation product of an alkanol, and ethylene oxide wherein said short chain amphiphile has the formula:
• R.sub.1 O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H
• wherein R.sub.1 is a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms and n is a number from 2 to 8;
• (d) 0.05% to 2% of a fatty acid;
• (e) 0.25% to 6% of magnesium sulfate;
• (f) 0.1 to 5% of a water insoluble hydrocarbon, essential oil or a perfume;
• (g) 0.05% to 2% of a sodium salt of an olefin maleic acid copolymer;
• and
• (h) the balance being water wherein the composition does not contain a composition which is a mixture of a partially esterified ethoxylated polyhydric alcohol, a fully esterified ethoxylated polyhydric alcohol and a nonesterified ethoxylated polyhydric alcohol.