Patent ID: 7776812

Claim:
A method of cleaning a hard surface, the method comprising the steps of: providing a hard surface cleaning composition comprising a multiple emulsion system, wherein said multiple emulsion system is of the oil-in-water-in-oil type or the water-in-oil-in-water type and comprises at least two mutually incompatible or antagonistic active ingredients separated in said system by an oily or aqueous phase, then the at least two active ingredients previously held in separate phases of said system are brought into contact with each other and react to form different or enhanced active ingredients for use in the hard surface cleaning composition, wherein effective stabilization of said emulsion system is by particulate moieties comprising a hydrophobic particulate moiety and a hydrophilic particulate moiety; and applying the hard surface cleaning composition to a hard surface selected from the group consisting of a ceramic, a glass, a stone, a plastic, a marble, a metal, and a wood.