Thixotropic abrasive liquid scouring composition

Claim 1

A stable, liquid abrasive cleaning composition comprising: (a) from about 1 to about 60% by weight of a water insoluble particulate abrasive selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, silica sand, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, zirconium silicate, diatomaceous earth, quartz, pumice, pumicite, whiting, perlite, tripoli, melamine, urea formaldehyde resins, ground rigid polyurethane foam, feldspar, vermiculite, calcium silicate, aluminum silicate and mixtures thereof; (b) from 0.1 to about 10% by weight of bleach; (c) from 0 to about 20% by weight of a non-multivalent stearate surfactant; (d) from 0 to about 10% by weight of a bleach stable electrolyte capable of maintaining the pH of the composition within the range of 10.5 to 14; (e) from 5 to about 20% by weight of a light density filler selected from powdered polyethylene, powdered polypropylene, powdered polystyrene, powdered polyester resin, powdered phenolic resin, powdered polysulfide, glass microspheres and hollow glass microballons; (g) from about 0.05 to about 10% by weight of a multivalent stearate soap selected from the group consisting of aluminum monostearate, aluminum distearate, aluminum tristearate, calcium stearate, zinc stearate, magnesium stearate, barium stearate and mixtures thereof; and (g) water, with the proviso that the composition contain at least some electrolyte or some non-multivalent stearate surfactant and that the composition is free of bodying agents selected from colloidal silica, atapulgites, smectites, diatomaceous earth and mixtures thereof.