Claims
- 1. A gelled hard surface cleaner composition comprising approximately by weight:
- a) 13 to 50% of a mixture of a paraffin sulphonate and an alkyl ether sulphate and the ratio of the paraffin sulphonate to said alkyl ether sulphate is about 4:1 to 2:1;
- b) 1 to 20% of at least one of a water insoluble organic compound; selected from the group consisting of D-limonene and aliphatic and isoaliphatic hydrocarbons having about 8 to about 16 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof and has a .delta..sub.p of about 0 to about 2, a .delta..sub.H of about 0 to about 1 (MPa).sup.1/2, and a .delta..sub.d of about 14 to about 18 (MPa).sup.1/2 ;
- c) 5 to 20% of at least one water soluble hydroxy containing organic compound selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol butyl ether, propylene glycol, ethanol, and isopropanol and mixtures thereof and
- d) the balance being water, wherein the composition has a pH of about 1 to about 11, a complex viscosity at 1 rad s.sup.-1 of about 1 to about 10.sup.3 Pascal seconds and the interfacial tension between the lipophile droplets of said composition and the aqueous phase being less than about 10.sup.-2 mN/m.
- 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein said water soluble hydroxy organic compound has about 2 to about 12 carbon atoms.
- 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein said water insoluble organic compound is D-limonene.
- 4. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said composition is a gelled microemulsion.
- 5. The composition of claim 1, further including a partially degraded protein.
- 6. The composition of claim 1, further including an alkylolamide or the ethoxylated species.
- 7. The composition of claim 1, further including a sequestrant.
- 8. The composition of claim 1, further including an abrasive.
- 9. The composition of claim 1, further including at least one alkali metal detergent builder salt.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation in part application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/091,774 filed 7/14/93, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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