Patent ID: 8906839

Claim:
A method of cleaning dishware or flatware, the method comprising: dissolving a portion of a solid cleaning composition in water by impinging a water spray upon an exposed surface of the composition to form a use solution, the solid cleaning composition consisting of: alkali metal carbonate; about 0.1 to about 20 wt-% surfactant; a sugar; a material selected from the group consisting of a polycarboxylate, sodium chloride, a starch, a C 1 -C 10 alkylene glycol, sodium sulfate, a dye, a fragrance, and mixtures thereof; wherein the polycarboxylate is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, maleic/olefin copolymer, acrylic/maleic copolymer, polymethacrylic acid, acrylic acid-methacrylic acid copolymers, hydrolyzed polyacrylamide, hydrolyzed polymethacrylamide, hydrolyzed polyamide-methacrylamide copolymers, hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile, hydrolyzed polymethacrylonitrile, hydrolyzed acrylonitrile-methacrylonitrile copolymers, and mixtures thereof; and water; wherein the solid cleaning composition is a multi-use block having a pinch waist elliptical shape; and contacting the dishware or flatware with the use solution.