Method of increasing the performance of cationic fabric softeners
AssigneeThe Dial Corporation
InventorTasha Zander
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Abstract
The present invention is method of boosting the performance of a cost-reduced liquid fabric softener comprising a quaternary surfactant fabric softener by adding a quaternary (meth)acrylic polymer that functions dually as a fabric softening active and a rheology modifier. In particular, poly[{2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl}trimethylammonium chloride], poly[{2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl}trimethylammonium chloride], poly[{3-(methacryloyloxy)propyl}trimethylammonium chloride], and poly[{3-(acryloyloxy)propyl}trimethylammonium chloride] provide synergistic fabric softening with quaternary surfactants to provide superior fabric softening scores from cost-optimized compositions.
Claims2
A liquid fabric softener composition comprising:
- a) from 1 to 40 wt. % of dihydrogenated tallowethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate;
- b) from 0.01 to 2.0 wt. % of N,N,N-trimethyl-2[methyl-1-oxo-propenyl]oxy-chloride homopolymer;
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- c) water.
A method of increasing the performance of a liquid fabric softener comprising quaternary surfactant and water, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) compounding a liquid composition consisting essentially of dehydrogenated tallowethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate and water;
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- b) adding to said liquid composition N,N,N-trimethyl-2[methyl-1-oxo-propenyl]oxy-chloride homopolymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.