Patent ID: 8632610
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A domestic method of treating a textile, the method comprising the steps of: (i) treating a textile with an aqueous solution of a laundry treatment composition comprising: (i) from 2 to 70 wt % of a surfactant; (ii) from 0.005 to 2 wt % of a fluorescer; (iii) from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of a blue or violet cationic azine dye, the azine dye selected from the following structures: wherein X− is a negative anion; no more than one of the groups R R5 is selected from the group consisting of: a branched or linear C1 to C10 alkyl; a branched or linear C1 to C10 alkyl group substituted by a phenyl group; and, an aromatic group; and, the dye is not covalently bound to a negatively charged substituent, and, (iv) rinsing and drying the textile.