Patent ID: 6152152
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A method for washing dishes which comprises applying to an absorbent implement an undiluted liquid dishwashing composition comprisinga) from 10% to 60% by weight of the total composition of a surfactant,b) from 1% to 15% by weight of the total composition of a hydrotrope selected from the group consisting of salts of cumene sulfonate, toluene sulfonate, xylene sulfonate, benzene sulfonate and mixtures thereof; andc) from 0.1% to 3% by weight of the total composition of an unsaturated aliphatic terpene alcohol or derivatived) a phenolic compound of the formula ##STR10## wherein R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxylated hydrocarbon chain Ra(A)n wherein Ra is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of butoxy, propoxy, and ethoxy, and n is an integer of 1 to 4 or an aryl chain having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, applying said implement to dishes to be washed and thereafter soaking said implement in said undiluted and allowing said implement to dry, whereby microbial growth on said implement is retarded.