Non-alkaline, foamable bathroom cleaner

Claim 1

An aqueous, non-alkaline, spray foamable bathroom cleaning composition that is particularly effective in removing lime soap residues and hard water salt deposits from sinks, toilet bowls, bathtubs, shower enclosures and metal surfaces, said cleaning composition consisting essentially of: a. 1 to 30% by weight of a substance selected from the group consisting of alcohol sulfates of the formula RO(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n SO.sub.3 X where R is a straight chain hydrocarbon radical having from about 10 to 18 carbon atoms, n is a number from 0 to 6 and X is sodium, potassium, hydrogen, ammonium, mono-, di-, and tri-lower alkylammonium, and alkanolammonium in which lower alkyl and alkanol embrace methyl, ethyl and propyl; b. 1 to 15% by weight of a substance selected from the group consisting of alkyl and alkanolamides of the structure RCON(R')(R") where R is a straight chain hydrocarbon radical having from about 9 to 19 carbon atoms, R' and R" can be hydrogen, hydroxyethyl, hydroxypropyl, and alkyl, with the latter having from about 1 to 4 carbon atoms; c. 1 to 40% by weight of a substance selected from the hydrotropes consisting of short chain alkylbenzene sulfonates of the formula RSO.sub.3 X where R is tolyl, xylyl and cumyl, X is sodium, potassium, hydrogen, ammonium, alkylammonium and alkanolammonium as described in (a) above; d. 2 to 30% by weight of a nitrilotriacetate of the formula N(CH.sub.2 COOX).sub.3 or, an amineacetate of the formulae (XOOCCH.sub.2).sub.2 NCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 N(CH.sub.2 COOX).sub.2, and ##STR4## where X is sodium, potassium, hydrogen, ammonium, alkanolammonium, alkylammonium, and alkylalkanolammonium, whee the alkyl and alkanol groups are as described in (a) above. e. 0 to 12% by weight of a conventional nonionic or anionic sulfonate surfactant f. 55 to 90% by weight water, and g. an amount of mineral acid (sulfuric or hydrochloric acid) to provide a pH within the range of pH 3 to 7.