Claims
- 1. A cleaning wipe which comprises approximately:(a) 20 wt. % to 30 wt. % of a nonwoven fabric; and (b) 70 wt. % to 80 wt. % of a liquid cleaning composition being impregnated in said nonwoven fabric, wherein said liquid cleaning composition comprises by weight: (i) 0.01% to 10% of a sulfonate or sulfate anionic surfactant; (ii) 0.01% to 2.0% of a cationic polymer selected from the group consisting of poly (hexamethylene biguanide) hydrochloride having the structure of: where the average n=4 to 6 or from the group consisting of quaternized cationic polymer having the structure of (iii) 0.01% to 1.0% of an emulsifier selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated castor oil, PPG-26 bureth 26, ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil and fatty alcohol glycol ether and mixtures thereof; and (iv) the balance being water wherein the composition does not contain potassium sorbate or an alkali metal carbonate or quaternary ammonium compound.
- 2. The cleaning wipe of claim 1 further including up to 10 wt. % of at least one water soluble cosurfactant.
- 3. The cleaning wipe of claim 2 further including a fragrance or essential oil.
- 4. The cleaning wipe of claim 3 further including up to 6 wt. % of a C1-C4 alkanol.
- 5. The cleaning wipe of claim 4 further including up to 5 wt. % of a proton donating agent.
- 6. The cleaning wipe of claim 5, wherein said C1-C4 alkanol is ethanol or isopropanol.
- 7. The cleaning wipe of claim 2, wherein said cosurfactant is a mixture of glycol ethers wherein one of said glycol ether is propylene glycol N-butyl ether.
- 8. The cleaning wipe of claim 7, wherein said other glycol ether is dipropylene glycol N-butyl ether.
- 9. The cleaning wipe of claim 8 wherein said anionic surfactant is a sulfate surfactant.
- 10. The cleaning wipe of claim 9, wherein said cationic polymer is polyhexamethylene-4-biguanide hydrochloride.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation in part application of U.S. Ser. No. 10/081,279 filed Feb. 22, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,475,976.
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