Stable liquid anionic detergent compositions having soil, release properties
Abstract
Abstract One may enhance the soil release properties of textile fabrics, particularly polyester containing fabrics, by laundering same with a stable aqueous detergent composition having enhanced soil release properties and consisting essentially of: (a) 0.2 to 20.0% of an ethylene terephthalate/polyethylene oxide terephthalate copolymer having a ETP/PEOTP ratio of 1:1 to 9:1 and a total molecular weight from about 9,000 to 60,000, the molecular weight of the polyethylene oxide terephthalate being from about 500 to about 6,000; (b) 5 to 40% of an anionic detergent selected from the group consisting of linear benzene sulfonates having from 10 to 73 carbon atoms, alkane sulfonates having from 14 to 18 carbon atoms, alpha olefine sulfonates having from 14 to 18 carbon atoms, sulfosuccinates, and sulfonated alkyl diphenyloxides; (c) up to 40% of a nonionic detergent selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated linear alcohols, ethoxylated alkylphenols, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides and ethoxylated secondary alcohols; and (d) a buffer sufficient to maintain the pH of the aqueous composition within the range of 5.0 to 9.0.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald A. Robinson
- 👤 John O. Hudson
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