Patent ID: 8216992

Claim:
A cleaning composition for formed metal articles, the cleaning composition comprising water and: A) an ethoxylate of an alcohol present in an amount from about 0.1 to 3 g/l, the alcohol having Formula I: R 1 —OH I wherein R 1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight-chain or branched alkyl having from 12 to 25 carbon atoms and the ethoxylate is a 10 to 41 mole ethoxylate; B) an inorganic pH adjusting component present in an amount such that the pH of the cleaning composition is less than 2; and C) at least one nonionic surfactant that is different than component A present in an amount from about 0.1 to about 3 g/l, wherein the cleaning composition has a water-break-free percent from 84% to 100%, and wherein the inorganic pH adjusting component comprises inorganic acid present in an amount of greater than 1 gram/liter to an amount of less than or equal to about 20 gram/liter of the cleaning composition.