Patent ID: 6159916
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A non-aerosol cleaning composition for shower and tub surfaces which requires no scrubbing, wiping or immediate rinsing, consisting essentially of:(a) a glycoside surfactant with, optionally, another nonionic, or anionic, cationic or amphoteric surfactant, or mixtures thereof, the total amount of said surfactants being about 0.001-15 wt. %;(b) about 0.01-10 wt. % of a chelating agent selected from a member of the group consisting of the tetrapotassium and diammonium salts of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid; and the disodium salt of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid;(c) about 1-20 wt. % of at least one water-soluble or dispersible organic solvent selected from the group consisting of alkanols, diols, polyalkylene glycols, alkyl ether of alkylene glycols and polyalkylene glycols, and mixtures thereof having a vapor pressure of at least 0.001 mm Hg at 25.degree. C.; and(d) at least about 60 wt. % water, said cleaning composition a single phase and characterized by the ability to clean said shower and tub surfaces without streaking or filming when not scrubbed, wiped or immediately rinsed and wherein said cleaning composition has a pH of from 4 to about 12.