Bleaching composition containing hydrogen peroxide and method of bleaching colored wood

Claim 1

A VOLATILE LIQUID BLEACHING COMPOSITION, FOR APPLICATION TO COLORED WOOD AT ROOM TEMPERATURE WHICH IS EFFECTIVE TO DECOLORIZE SAID WOOD DURING EVAPORATION OF SAID LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, CONTAINING A MAJOR PROPORTION OF A NON-TOXIC VOLATILE LOWER ALIPHATIC MONOHDRIC ALKANOL HAVING AT LEAT TWO AND NO MORE THAN FOUR CARBON ATOMS, SAID ALKANOL BEING A SOLVENT FOR AQUEOUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AQUEOUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DISSOLVED IN SAID ALKANOL AND A VOLATILE LOWER ALIPHATIC WATER SOLUBLE AMINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF DIMETHYLAMINE, TRIETHYLAMINE, MONETHYLAMINE, A-PROPYLAMINE, ISOPROPYLAMINE AND MIXTURE OF THESE AMINES WITH EACH OTHER AND VOLATILE AMINE SERVING TO PROVIDE AN ALKALINE MEDIUM FOR SAID HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, THE CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE VARYING FROM ABOUT 3% TO ABOUT 40% BY WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL INGREDIENTS OF THE SOLUTION AND SAID AKANOL BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF ABOUT 1.5 TO 2.5 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF WATER PRESENT AS CARRIER FOR THE AQUEOUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE.