Patent ID: 8246758

Claim:
A method of cleaning a soiled object comprising: providing an acid pH medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid composition consisting essentially of: a C8 to C10 peroxycarboxylic acid; a C8 to C10 carboxylic acid; one or more inorganic oxidizing agents; a stabilizing agent; a solubilizer; and an acidulant, wherein the composition is free of short chain peroxycarboxylic acids, and short chain carboxylic acids; providing a source of alkalinity; mixing the acid pH medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid composition and the source of alkalinity at the point of use to form an aqueous alkaline medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid composition; contacting the object with aqueous alkaline medium chain peroxycarboxylic acid composition and causing removal of the soil from the object.