A water-based cleaner for removing adhesives and goo substances. The cleaner contains water, particles of a multi-valent metal fatty acid soap such as magnesium stearate or calcium stearate, and a surfactant that facilitates wetting of the soap particles. The soap has a low solubility in water, such as less than 100 mg/liter. Some of the soap particles may have an elongated shape with aspect ratios of 10 or more. The cleaner may also contain an abrasive material such as soda lime glass powder, limestone powder, or biodegradable polymer powder. To remove adhesive from a surface\, the cleaner is rubbed against a surface, for example with a scrubber. The present cleaner causes adhesive to detach from the surface, reattachment of the adhesive is prevented. The detached adhesive is then rinsed away with water.

The present invention is a cleaning article including a substrate and organic abrasive particles dispersed on the substrate. The organic abrasive particles have a Mohs hardness of between about 2.0 and about 5.0. The cleaning article cleans greater than about 0.9 panels in 1,000 cycles and has a Schieffer Scratch performance rating of less than or equal to about 3.5.

The invention relates to stable dispersion of negatively-charged aminoplast microcapsules in non-suspending detergent compositions containing an anionic surfactant. The microcapsules are stably dispersed by means of a cationic polyampholyte, which is embedded in the shells of said microcapsules.

The need for a liquid hand dishwashing composition which provides for uniform dosing, even when the bottle is shaken or when the user dispenses using multiple successive squeezes, is met by formulating the liquid hand dishwashing composition with an anionic surfactant, a co-surfactant, and microfibrous cellulose derived from wood.

A first aspect relates to a particle including: (a) at least one bleaching agent including an organic peroxyacid; (b) at least one component selected from: (i) saccharides and polysaccharides, and derivatives thereof; (ii) inorganic fillers selected from the group consisting of talcs, micas, zeolites, silicates, metal oxides and clays; and (iii) linear, branched and cross-linked polymers and copolymers; (c) at least one pH reducing agent; and (d) at least one chelating agent. Further aspects relate to a process for preparing the particle, a composition or a dough including the particle, and use of the particle in a cleaning composition, a dental care composition, a hair dyeing composition or decolouriser, an antimicrobial composition or a bleach composition.

This invention relates to cleaning particles, methods for their preparation, cleaning compositions and their use for laundry cleaning of soiled substrates.

Liquid consumer product compositions that include delivery particles and a consumer product adjunct, where the delivery particles include a graft copolymer and a benefit agent, and where the graft copolymer includes a polyalkylene glycol, vinyl acetate moieties, and N-vinylcaprolactam moieties. Methods of making and using such particles and compositions.

Liquid detergent compositions are disclosed which comprise one or more shell-core capsules types. The core comprises one or more enzymes, wherein the material that forms the shell is able to be degraded by at least one of the enzymes. The capsules preserve the activity properties of the enzymes during the storage of the liquid detergent composition and they release the ingredients upon the application of shear during the use of the liquid detergent composition in a washing process. The methodology also enables the presence of incompatible benefit agents in the same product, and the reduction of undesirable residue on the articles that are being washed.

A liquid detergent composition may have a continuous liquid phase and solid particles dispersed in the continuous phase. The continuous phase may be transparent or translucent. The solid particles may be made of a polymeric matrix material, have a diameter ranging from about 0.8 to about 8 mm, and may include a plurality of microcapsules. The plurality of microcapsules may be dispersed in the polymeric matrix material. The microcapsules may have a diameter ranging from about 4 to about 70 70 m. Use of and methods of use of such a liquid composition are also described.

A stable liquid detergent composition containing a self-structuring surfactant system, where without using external structurants, the liquid detergent composition exhibits good shear thinning properties while maintaining stability under high shear. A liquid detergent composition comprising a linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, a zwitterionic and/or amphoteric surfactant and optionally polyethylene glycol.