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OwnerKim R. Smith, Carrie L. Armstrong +4inventors
InventorsKim R. Smith, Carrie L. Armstrong, Paul J. Mattia, Mark Levitt, Robert D. P. Hei, Wendy M. Wiseth
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The ability of aqueous laundry compositions to remove organic hydrophobic soils, such as oily, greasy or particulate soils, from a laundry item is substantially improved by pre-spotting or pre-treating such a soiled item with a treatment composition having a surfactant comprising a unique hydrophillic ethoxylate surfactant with less than two moles of ethylene oxide or a or blend of at least two surfactant compositions with a blended HLB value of about 7-12. The blend of surfactants with this HLB value penetrates soils and renders the soil more easily removed from the item using aqueous laundry detergent. The treatment composition can be used in a liquid or solid form and can be applied to individual laundry items in the form of a solid stick or liquid spray prior to introduction to the laundry machine. Laundry items can also be contacted in the laundry machine with the pre-spot or pre-treatment composition in the form of an aqueous presoak, preflush, prewash, or other step prior to the cleaning step. A preferred laundry machine comprises an institutional tunnel washer.
A process for removing hydrophobic and particulate soil from laundry items, the process comprising the steps of:
A laundry pre-treatment composition for treating hydrophobic and organic particulate soils in a laundry item, the composition comprising a surfactant mixture comprising:
A laundry pre-treatment composition for treating hydrophobic and organic particulate soils in a laundry item, the composition comprising a surfactant mixture comprising:
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