Claims
- 1. A cleaning composition which consisting essentially of:i) from 1% to 3% by weight, of a hypochlorite bleach; ii) from 1% to 8% by weight, of a bleach-stable, long-chain surfactant selected from the group consisting of C12-C20 alkyl sulfates, C12-C20 alkyl sulfonates, C12-C20 alkenyl sulfonates, C12 and higher alkyl benzene sulfonates, C12 and higher phosphine oxides, C12 and higher dialkyl amine oxides, and mixtures thereof; iii) from 4% to 10% by weight, of a short-chain surfactant selected from the group consisting of C6-C8 alkyl sulfates, C6-C8 alkyl sulfonates, C6-C10 paraffin sulfonates, and mixtures thereof; and iv) an aqueous carrier, provided said composition has a pH of about 12 or higher.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of surfactant (iii) to surfactant (ii) is greater than 1:1.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the long-chain surfactant is not an amine oxide surfactant, and wherein the weight ratio of surfactant (iii) to surfactant (ii) is at least about 1:1.
- 4. A composition according to claim 3 wherein the long-chain surfactant is a non-amine oxide surfactant, and wherein the weight ratio of surfactant (iii) to surfactant (ii) is at least about 2:1.
- 5. A composition according to claim 1 consisting essentially of from about 1% to about 3% of hypochlorite bleach, from 1% to 6% by weight, of said long-chain surfactant, and from 4% to 6% by weight, of said short-chain surfactant.
- 6. A composition according to claim 5 consisting essentially of not more than about 10% by weight, of the mixture, of both long-chain and short-chain surfactants.
- 7. A composition according to claim 1 further comprising a thickener.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/566,371, Dec. 1, 1998 now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/396,370, filed on Feb. 28, 1995 now abandoned which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/083,412, filed on Jun. 28, 1993 now abandoned which is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 07/970,665, filed on Nov. 3, 1992 now abandoned.
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