Floor care and cleaner products which can be rapidly reconstituted in water are described. The product comprises granules having an unpacked bulk density of from about 0.3 to 0.8 g/cm.sup.3 uniformly containing an alkaline builder and an alkali-soluble film-former bonded together with a water-soluble binding agent. The alkaline builder serves the dual function of a cleaner and a solubilizing agent for the film-former component.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 680,709, filed Dec. 12, 1984 now abandoned, the benefit of which is now claimed for purposes of priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. .sctn.120.
This invention relates to a method for cleaning and providing a protective shine to a hard surface. The method involves preparing an alkyd resin, dissolving the alkyd resin in one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers to form a mixture, dispersing the mixture in water in the presence of a surfactant to form an emulsion, and heating the emulsion to form an alkyd/acrylic latex which is applied to a hard surface.
A solid cleaning concentrate composition for aqueous dilution to form a non-filming floor cleaner, said concentrate comprising a major portion of a carrier for inertly containing the active ingredients of said concentrate in a solid cast mass prior to dilution, said active ingredients comprising an effective amount of a surfactant component for imparting wettability and lypophilic solubilizing character to said non-filming floor cleaner an effective amount of a solubilizer for solvating fatty oils and grease on the surface of application, and an effective amount of alkali for maintaining said non-filming floor cleaner above a pH of 9.0 upon dilution.
A detergent composition and/or solution for floors comprising a hydrophilic shear-thinning polymer at very low level for improved cleaning end result. The solution can be used with conventional implements known in the art, including sponges, cloths and/or sponge, string, and/or strip mops and floor cloths such as those sold at retail and speciality stores. In a most preferred embodiment, the solution is used with a cleaning pad comprising an effective amount of a superabsorbent material, said pad preferably being part of cleaning implement comprising a handle and said cleaning pad preferably being removable. The detergent composition preferably contains a limited amount of a detergent surfactant, preferably linear in structure and relatively hydrophilic, the level of solvent in the formula preferably being kept below about 5.0%, and the pH preferably being maintained above about 9. The process of using the detergent solution with cleaning implements, including those of the most preferred embodiment, cleaning pad, and the provision of a kit containing both detergent composition and cleaning pad are disclosed.
The present invention relates to a substrate composition comprising from about 20 wt % to about 60 wt % of a water-soluble and/or water-dispersible polymer and from about 20 wt % to about 80 wt % of a water-soluble inorganic salt. The substrate composition of the present invention has a median particle size of from about 1 micrometer to about 100 micrometers and comprises less than about 10 wt % of water-insoluble material.
A composition for cleaning and enhancing the gloss of floors wherein a plasticizer can both clean and enhance gloss of a floor coating. In a preferred embodiment the plasticizer is tributoxyethyl phosphate.
