Patent ID: 6257253
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A method of sanitizing and destaining dishware, kitchenware and tableware products, said method comprising the step of applying an effective sanitizing amount of a sanitizing, destaining concentrate composition to the ware in an automated wash machine, said concentrate composition comprising from about 0.5 to 25 wt-% of a mixture of a peroxycarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of permethanoic, peracetic, perpropanoic, perbutanoic, perpentanoic and perhexanoic acid; from about 2 to 70 wt-% of a carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of methanoic, acetic, propionic, butyric, pentanoic, and hexanoic acid; from about 1 to 50 wt-% of hydrogen peroxide, and a balance of carrier, wherein said concentrate composition is diluted upon application to a concentration ranging from about 600 ppm to 4000 ppm.