Patent ID: 8470053

Claim:
A method useful for cleaning in a professional or household washing machine equipment and drying in a tumbler dryer, garments and other fibers including water sensitive protein fibers without dimensional changes, surface damages, color loss, comprising the steps of: a) washing garments with at least one washing composition consisting essentially of: 1) water; 2) an alcohol present at a volume ranging from 5% to 40% of the total volume of the composition wherein said alcohol is selected from the alcohols of the formula Cn H2n+1 OH where n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; 3) anionic surface active components mixture present at a volume ranging from 4% to 60% of the total volume of the composition wherein said anionic surface active components are isopropylamine salts of a mixture of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acids wherein the alkyl groups contain from 7 to 14 carbon atoms and about 19 to 25% of the linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid salt have the benzene sulfonic acid in position 2 of the alkyl group; 4) non anionic surface active components mixture present at a volume ranging from 4% to 40% of the total volume of the composition wherein said non anionic surface active components are selected from a group consisting of non-ionic primary alcohol alkoxylate wherein high linear primary alcohol represents 75-85% and contain even and odd numbered carbon chain in sub 20 wherein said non ionic primary alcohol alkoxylate is an ethoxylate alcohol with carbon atoms chain between 8 to 18 carbon atoms; 5) a phosphate ester present at a volume ranging from 4% to 30% of the total volume of the composition wherein said phosphate ester is selected from a group consisting of complex mono- or diester with an alkyl ether carbon chain C12-C15 and EO-2-10; 6) citric acid and soluble salts thereof, present at a volume ranging from 0.1 to 4% wherein the citric acid salts are sodium, potassium, or ammonium salts of citrate acid or a mixture thereof; 7) phosphoric acid and soluble salts thereof present at a volume ranging from 0.1% to 5% of the total volume of the composition wherein the phosphoric acid salts are sodium, potassium or ammonium salts of phosphoric acid or a mixture thereof; 8) acetic acid and soluble salts thereof, present at a volume ranging from 0.1 to 4% wherein the acetic acid salts are sodium, potassium or ammonium salts of acetate acid or a mixture thereof; and 9) an organic amine present at a volume ranging from 0.1% to 4% of the total volume of the composition wherein said organic amine is selected from a group consisting of diethanolamine, triethanolamine or a mixture thereof.