Patent ID: 7795196

Claim:
A method of hand-washing comprising: (a) providing an anti-microbial hand soap composition comprising: (i) water; (ii) a primary hand soap composition comprising: 1) at least two anionic surfactants; and 2) a biocide selected from the group consisting of halogenated aromatics and phenolics; and (iii) from greater than 3 to less than about 20 wt % based on the combined dry weight of components (ii) and (iii) of a glutinous surfactant component selected from the group consisting of cocamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, dimer dilinoleamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, sodium grapeseed amidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, sodium olivamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, linoleamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, PEG-8 dimethicone sunfloweramidopropyl PG dimonium complex, sunfloweramidopropyl phosphate PG-dimonium chloride and mixtures thereof, wherein the glutinous surfactant has a relative contact angle value with water of at least about +10° with respect to the primary hand soap composition, and alters the tactile properties of the primary soap composition; (b) applying the anti-microbial hand-soap composition of (a) to the hands; and (c) rinsing the hand soap composition from the hands with water.