Buffing compositions

Claim 1

A LIQUID BUFFING COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN AQUEOUS EMULSION OF A MIXTURE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF 20% TO 45% BY WEIGHT OF A FATTY ACID GREASE HAVING INTIMATELY DISPERSED THEREIN FROM 50% TO 75% BY WEIGHT OF A FINELYDIVIDED ABRASIVE AND FROM 21/2% TO 8% BY WEIGHT OF A NON-IONIC SURFACE-ACTIVE EMULSIFYING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ALKYLENE OXIDES AND FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING 12 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ALKYLENE OXIDES AND FATTY ALCOHOLS CONTAINING 1I TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ALKYLENE OXIDES AND ROSIN ACIDS, CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ALKYLENE OXIDES AND PARTIAL ESTERS OF HEXITOL ANHYDRIDES AND FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING 12 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ALKYLENE OXIDES AND AMIDE DERIVATIVES OF HYDROGENATED TALLOW FATTY ACIDS, CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ALKYLENE OXIDES AND ALKYL PHENOLS, CONDENSATION PRODUCTS, OF ALKYLOLAMINES AND FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING 12 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF POLYOXYPROPYLENE AND ETHYLENE OXIDE, GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING 12 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, PARTIAL ESTERS OF HEXITOL ANHYDRIDEWS AND FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING 12 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, GLYCOL ESTERS OF ROSIN ACIDS, AND PARTIAL ESTERS OF HEXITOL ANHYDRIDES AND ROSIN ACIDS, THERE BEING FROM 0.2% TO 0.75% OF BENTONITE CLAY BY WEIGHT OF SAID MIXTURE DISPERSED IN SAID EMULSION, SAID LIQUID COMPOSITION HAVING AN AQUEOUS CONTINUOUS PHASE IN WHICH PARTICLES OF BENTONITE AND EMULSIFIED PARTICLES OF GREASE HAVING THE ABRASIVE PARTICLES SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY ENVELOPED THEREIN ARE SEPARATELY DISPERSED.