Claims
- 1. A cleaning composition consisting essentially of
- (a) from about 2 to about 30% by weight of at least one C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 fatty alcohol and/or oxoalcohol wherein the fatty alcohol and oxoalcohol contain from 5 to 10 moles of ethylene oxide,
- (b) from about 10 to about 90% by weight of at least one fatty acid ester selected from the group consisting of isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl stearate, oleyl oleate, hexyl laurate, di-n-butyladipate, caprylic or capric acid ester of saturated C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 fatty alcohols, esters of branched-chain C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 fatty acids with C.sub.14 -C.sub.20 fatty alcohols, decyl oleate, isooctyl stearate, glycerol trioleate, and i-butyl oleate,
- (c) from about 1 to about 50% by weight of a monohydric C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alcohol,
- (d) from about 0.5 to about 50% by weight of water,
- (e) an aliphatic straight-chain and/or branched-chain liquid C.sub.10 -C.sub.40 hydrocarbon or mixtures of such hydrocarbons, present in a amount of up to 90% by weight of component (b), and (f) from about 2 to about 10% of either
- (i) at least one C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 fatty alcohol and/or oxoalcohol wherein the fatty alcohol and oxoalcohol contain from 1 to 4 moles of ethylene oxide,
- (ii) at least one C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 fatty amine containing from 1 to 4 moles of ethylene oxide, or
- (iii) a mixture of (i) and (ii).
- 2. The cleaning composition of claim 1 which also contains from about 3 to about 15% by weight of a monohydric C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alcohol as component (c) and from about 0.5 to about 40% by weight of water as component (d).
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the monohydric C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alcohol is ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, or a mixture thereof.
- 4. The cleaning composition of claim 1 wherein component (a) is from about 5 to about 20% by weight of a C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 fatty alcohol and/or oxoalcohol containing from 5 to 10 mols of ethylene oxide.
- 5. The cleaning composition of claim 1 wherein component (f) is from about 3 to about 7% by weight C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 fatty alcohol and/or oxoalcohol containing from 1 to 4 mols of ethylene oxide.
- 6. The cleaning composition of claim 1 wherein component (f) is from about 3 to about 7% by weight of C.sub.10 -C.sub.20 fatty amine containing from 1 to 4 mols of ethylene oxide.
- 7. In the method for the cleaning of heavily soiled fabrics wherein such fabrics are treated with a detergent composition, the improvement comprising the pretreatment of the heavily soiled fabrics with the cleaning composition of claim l.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the composition of claim 1 is in liquid form.
- 9. The method of claim 7 wherein the composition of claim 1 is in sprayable form.
- 10. The method of claim 7 wherein the composition of claim 1 is in the form of a paste or a gel.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 080,118 filed 7/31/87, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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