Fabric softening compositions containing mixtures of softener material and highly ethoxylated curd dispersant

Claim 1

Liquid fabric softening composition in the form of an aqueous dispersion comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 40% of diester quaternary ammonium fabric softener material of the formula: ##STR7## wherein, for each molecule: each Q is ##STR8## each R 1 is a C 1 -C 4 alkyl or hydroxy alkyl group; each T 1 and T 2 is a C 12 -C 22 alkyl or alkenyl group; n is an integer from 1 to 4; and X - is a softener-compatible anion; (b) from about 0.2% to about 12% of scum dispersant material which is highly ethoxylated hydrophobic material that minimizes the formation of scum by the interaction of (a) and any anionic detergent surfactant or detergency builder in the rinse water; and (c) from about 55% to about 98% of aqueous liquid carrier; wherein said scum dispersant material contains at least about 25 ethoxy groups per molecule; wherein said scum dispersant material is selected from the group consisting of: (1) polyethoxylated fatty alcohols containing from about 12 to about 30 carbon atoms in the alcohol portion; (2) polyethoxylated fatty acids containing from about 12 to about 30 carbon atoms in the fatty acid portion; (3) polyethoxylated fatty amines containing from about 12 to about 30 carbon atoms with at least about 12 carbon atoms in one alkyl group; p1 (4) polyethoxylated fatty acid amides wherein said fatty acid contains from about 12 to about 30 carbon atoms; (5) polyethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds which contain from about 15 to about 30 carbon atoms with at least about 12 carbon atoms in one alkyl group; (6) polyethoxylated amine oxides containing from about 14 to about 30 carbon atoms with at least about 12 carbon atoms in one alkyl group; and (7) mixtures thereof; and wherein the weight ratio of the diester quaternary ammonium fabric softener material (a) to the scum dispersant (b) is from about 80:1 to about 6:1.