Methods of cleaning using heterogeneous compositions
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to methods of employing heterogeneous cleaning compositions.
1. A method for cleaning a textile, comprising:
providing a heterogeneous cleaning composition, comprising:
more than about 75% active ingredients comprising;
at least about 20 wt. % surfactant;
wherein the composition comprises two or more substances that are not evenly dispersed and the composition comprises at least one liquid and at least one powder;
diluting the heterogeneous cleaning composition to form an intermediate homogeneous cleaning composition; and thereafter
adding the intermediate composition to a diluent to form use composition in the presence of the textile to be cleaned to
clean the textile.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heterogeneous cleaning composition comprises 99% active ingredients.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heterogeneous cleaning composition further comprises at least about 15 wt. % source of alkalinity, at least about 0.5 wt. % antiredeposition agent, and at least about 0.05 wt % optical brightener.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heterogeneous cleaning composition further comprises only inconsequential amounts of emulsifier, water, dispersant, thickener, binding agent, flow aid, anticaking agent, hydrotrope, or mixtures thereof.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inverting the rigid container prior to diluting the heterogeneous cleaning composition, wherein upon inverting the rigid container a portion of the heterogeneous cleaning composition leaves the rigid container and a portion of the heterogeneous cleaning composition remains in the container.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate composition includes from about 1 to about 50 wt. % of the heterogeneous cleaning composition.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the use composition includes from about 0.01 to about 1 wt. % of the heterogeneous cleaning composition.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heterogeneous cleaning composition is in a rigid container.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the rigid container is a rigid capsule.