Claims
- 1. A hard surface detergent composition comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 15% of nonionic detergent surfactant; (b) from about 0.5% to about 15% of hydrophobic solvent that provides a cleaning function; (c) suds control system comprising from about 0.01% to about 0.3% fatty acid and from about 0.1% to about 3.5% sulfonated and/or sulfated synthetic anionic detergent surfactant the ratio of nonionic detergent surfactant to fatty acid being from about 10:1 to about 120:1 and the level of said sulfonated and/or sulfated synthetic detergent surfactant to fatty acid being from about 15:1 to about 5:1; and (d) the balance being an aqueous solvent system and minor ingredients, the pH of said composition being from about 6.0 to about 12.5.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein said nonionic detergent surfactant is a fatty alcohol containing from about 8 to about 14 carbon atoms ethoxylated with from about 2 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of fatty alcohol.
- 3. The composition of claim 2 wherein said nonionic detergent surfactant has an HLB of from about 7 to about 14.
- 4. The composition of claim 3 containing from about 1% to about 15% of said organic solvent (b), said solvent having a solubility in water of less than about 20%.
- 5. The composition of claim 4 wherein said hydrophobic solvent (b) is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl hydrocarbons and halohydrocarbons, alpha olefins, benzyl alcohol, glycol ethers, and diols containing 6 to 16 carbon atoms.
- 6. The composition of claim 5 wherein said hydrophobic solvent (b) has the formula R.sup.1 O(R.sup.2 O).sub.m H wherein each R.sup.1 is an alkyl group which contains from about 4 to about 8 carbon atoms, each R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of ethylene or propylene, and m is a number from 1 to about 3.
- 7. The composition of claim 1 additionally containing alkanolamine selected from the group consisting of monoethanolamine, beta-aminoalkanol, and mixtures thereof.
- 8. The composition of claim 7 wherein said alkanolamine comprises monoethanolamine.
- 9. The composition of claim 5 wherein said hydrophobic solvent (b) is selected from the group consisting of dipropyleneglycolmonobutyl ether, monopropyleneglycolmonobutyl ether, diethyleneglycolmonohexyl ether, monoethyleneglycolmonohexyl ether, and mixtures thereof.
- 10. The composition of claim 9 wherein said anionic detergent surfactant is selected from the group consisting of paraffin sulfonates, alkyl benzene sulfonates, and alkyl ethoxylate sulfates.
- 11. The composition of claim 5 wherein said anionic detergent surfactant is selected from the group consisting of paraffin sulfonates, alkyl benzene sulfonates, and alkyl ethoxylate sulfates.
- 12. The composition of claim 1 containing from about 1% to about 15% of said hydrophobic solvent (b) having the formula R.sup.1 O(R.sup.2 O).sub.m H wherein each R.sup.1 is an alkyl group which contains from about 4 to about 8 carbon atoms, each R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of ethylene or propylene, and m is a number from 1 to about 3.
- 13. The composition of claim 12 wherein said nonionic detergent surfactant has an HLB of from about 10 to about 14.
- 14. The composition of claim 13 wherein said anionic detergent surfactant is selected from the group consisting of paraffin sulfonates, alkyl benzene sulfonates, and alkyl ethoxylate sulfates.
- 15. The composition of claim 1 containing from about 1% to about 15% of said hydrophobic solvent (b), said hydrophobic solvent having a solubility in water of less than about 20%.
- 16. The composition of claim 1 wherein the level of said nonionic detergent surfactant is from about 2% to about 10%; the level of said hydrophobic solvent is from about 1% to about 12%; and the pH of said composition is from about 8.5 to about 11.5.
- 17. The composition of claim 16 wherein said anionic detergent surfactant is selected from the group consisting of paraffin sulfonates, alkyl benzene sulfonates, and alkyl ethoxylate sulfates.
- 18. The composition of claim 1 wherein said anionic detergent surfactant is selected from the group consisting of paraffin sulfonates, alkyl benzene sulfonates, and alkyl ethoxylate sulfates.
- 19. The composition of claim 18 wherein said anionic detergent surfactant is a paraffin sulfonate.
- 20. The process of cleaning hard surfaces comprising spraying said surfaces with the composition of claim 1.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 07/744,848, filed Aug. 14, 1991 now abandoned.
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