CARPET TREATING COMPOSITION
A two-compartment dispenser comprising a first compartment containing an aqueous composition comprising hydrogen peroxide or an organic peracid and a second compartment containing an alkalizing agent additionally comprise sufficient surfactant, including any super wetting agent, the two compartment containing sufficient surfactant (and super wetting agent, if present) to achieve a surface tension of below 28 mN/m upon mixing.
1 . A process for stain removal on a carpet, comprising applying to the carpet a mixture of at least two components (a) and (b):
(a) an aqueous composition comprising a source of active oxygen having a pH of greater than 0 but less than 7 and
(b) an aqueous composition comprising an alkalizing agent.
2 . A process according to claim 1 wherein component (a), component (b) or both components (a) and (b) additionally comprise sufficient surfactant, including any super wetting agent, to achieve a surface tension of the combined composition of below 28 mN/m.
3 . A process according to claim 1 wherein component (a), component (b) or both components (a) and (b) additionally comprise a superwetting agent.
4 . A process according to claim 2 claim wherein the surfactant is a non-ionic surfactant.
5 . A process according to claim 4 wherein component (a) or component (b) additionally contains a polycarboxylate.
6 . A process according to claim 1 wherein the pH of component (b) is higher than the pH of component (a).
7 . A process according to claim 6 wherein component (a) does not contain a pH buffer.
8 . A process according to claim 6 wherein component (b) does contain a pH buffer.
9 . A process according to claim 1 wherein component (b) additionally comprises an effervescent agent.
10 . A process according to claim 9 claim 9 wherein the effervescent agent is a base or is a peroxide reducing enzyme.
11 . A process according to claim 10 wherein the base is a carbonate or a bicarbonate.
12 . A process according to claim 10 wherein the surfactant produces a foam upon mixing components (a) and (b).
13 . A process according to 12 wherein the foam breaks.
14 . A process according to claim 12 wherein the foam reduces in volume by at least 50% in less than 5 minutes of its generation without any form of physical or chemical intervention.
15 . A process according to claim 12 wherein surfactant is a non-ionic surfactant of an HLB of greater than 10.
16 . A two-compartment dispenser comprising
a first compartment containing an aqueous compositions comprising hydrogen peroxide or an organic peracid and having a pH of greater than 0 but less than 7;
a second compartment containing an aqueous compositions comprising an alkalizing agent and;
dispensing means adapted to dispense the contents (or part thereof) of the compartments on to a surface either sequentially or simultaneously to form a mixture thereof,
characterized in that
components (a) and/or (b) additionally comprise sufficient surfactant, including any super wetting agent, to achieve a surface tension of the combined composition of below 28 mN/m.