Viscous phase stable liquid scouring cleansers containing solvent

Claim 1

An improved phase stable liquid scouring cleanser composition consisting essentially of: (a) from about 1% to about 10% of a synthetic surfactant mixture of paraffin sulfonate (NaPS) and linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS), said mixture of NaPS and LAS having a ratio of from 20:1 to 2:1; (b) from about 0.5% to about 5% of a mono- or sesquiterpene or mixtures thereof, the weight ratio of surfactant:terpene lying between 20:1 to 3:2; (c) from about 0.5 to about 3% of benzyl alcohol; (d) from about 0.03% to about 0.5% of a viscosity enhancing compound selected from the group consisting of citronellol, geraniol, dihydro mercinol, linalool, nerol, rhodinal, alphaterpineol, beta-citronellol, rhodinol, citronella nitrile, carvone, fenchone, menthol, isoborneol and mixtures thereof; (e) from about 1% to about 50% of a water-insoluble abrasive; and (f) from about 0.40% to about 1% of a high molecular weight acrylic acid polymeric thickener having a molecular weight range of about 0.5 million to about 1.5 million; and wherein the viscosity of said composition is from about 1800 to about 4000 cps at room temperature and wherein the pH of said composition is from 8 to 12.