A process of laundering fabrics, comprising the step of separately delivering a detergent and a whitening additive wherein the whitening additive comprises a soil release polymer, a hueing dye, and wherein if the whitening additive comprises a surfactant, the weight ratio of the polymer to the surfactant is at least 1:1, the whitening additive is substantially free of surfactant.

Summary

The present invention relates to specific polyesters which are particularly suitable for use in fabric treatment applications, such as in fabric care and laundry detergent products. In such applications, the polyesters exhibit improved freshness performance, and especially good anti-malodor performance.

A thickened aqueous detergent liquid composition comprising: (i) at least 5 wt % (more preferably at least 10%, more preferably at least 15% and most preferably at least 20% wt.) of a surfactant system comprising anionic surfactant, (ii) a thickening system comprising a copolymer formed by the addition polymerisation of: (A) 0 to 5 wt % of a first monomer consisting of an ethylenically unsaturated diacid of formula (I): or an unsaturated cyclic anhydride precursor of such an ethylenically unsaturated diacid, the anhydride having formula (II) where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually selected from H, C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl, phenyl, chlorine and bromine; (B) 15 to 60 wt % of a second ethylenically unsaturated monoacidic monomer consisting of (meth)acrylic acid; (C) 30 to 70 wt % of a third ethylenically unsaturated monomer consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl ester(s) of (meth)acrylic acid; (D) 1 to 25 wt %, of a fourth ethylenically unsaturated monomer, consisting of surfmer of formula (III): wherein each R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently selected from H, C.sub.1-3 alkyl, —C(═O)OH, or —C(═O)OR.sub.5; R.sub.5 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.30 alkyl; T is —CH.sub.2C(═O)O—, —C(═O)O—, —O—, —CH.sub.2O—, —NHC(═O)NH—, —C(═O)NH—, —Ar—(CE.sub.2).sub.z-NHC(═O)O—, —Ar—(CE.sub.2).sub.z-NHC(═O)NH—, or —CH.sub.2CH.sub.2NHC(═O)—Ar is divalent aryl; E is H or methyl; z is 0 or 1; k is an integer in the range of 0 to 30; and q is 0 or 1; with the proviso that when k is 0, q is 0, and when k is in the range of 1 to 30; q is 1; (R.sub.6O).sub.m is polyoxyalkylene, which is a homopolymer, a random copolymer, or a block copolymer of C.sub.2-C.sub.4-oxyalkylene units, wherein R.sub.6 is C.sub.2H.sub.4, C.sub.3H.sub.6, C.sub.4H.sub.8, or a mixture thereof, and m is an integer in the range of 5 to 250; Y is —R.sub.6O—, —R.sub.6H—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)NH—, ═R.sub.6NHC(═O)NH—, or —C(═O)NHC(═O)—; and R.sub.7 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl selected from the group consisting of C.sub.8-C.sub.40 linear alkyl, C.sub.8-C.sub.40 branched alkyl, C.sub.8-C.sub.40 carbocyclic alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.40 alkyl-substituted, phenyl, aryl-substituted C.sub.2-C.sub.40 alkyl, and C.sub.8-C.sub.80 complex ester; wherein the R.sub.7 alkyl group optionally comprises one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, alkoxy, and halogen and (E) 0 to 5 wt %, of a cross linking agent, for introducing branching and controlling molecular weight, the cross linking monomer comprising polyfunctional units carrying multiple reactive functionalisation groups selected from the group consisting of vinyl,

A laundry detergent formulation is provided that is formed as an aqueous blend of surfactants, enzymes, builders, and soil release polymers to inhibit soil re-deposition back onto other clothing or elements of the washing machine. The detergent formulation also contains additives with properties that impart a treatment to fabrics that inhibits future soil deposition onto the clothing with continued use. The detergent formulation provides cleaning of heavy duty grease and automotive soils from clothing surfaces that is superior to current detergent products.

The present disclosure relates to detergent compositions that comprise renewable components and exhibit good performance, as compared to both traditional detergent formulations that contain non-renewable ingredients and known detergent formulations that contain renewable components.

Fabric treatment compositions that include certain polymer systems, such as systems that include a first polymer that is a soil release polymer and a second polymer that is a graft copolymer (e.g., a PEG/vinyl acetate polymer), an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine polymer, or a mixture thereof. Related processes and uses.

The present invention concerns a detergent composition, comprising: (a) from 1.5 to 30 wt. %, of an anionic surfactant; (b) from 3 to 20 wt. % of a saturated or monosaturated linear C16 and/or C18 ether sulfate with mole average of 5 to 13, preferably 7 to 13 ethoxylate groups; (c) from 1 to 5 wt. % of a nonionic surfactant; (d) from 0.5 to 15 wt. % of polymeric cleaning boosters selected from antiredeposition polymers, soil release polymers and mixtures thereof, and wherein the anionic surfactant a) is a non-ether sulfate anionic surfactant; and to a domestic method of treating a textile.

The invention concerns a surfactant composition comprising: (a) from 10 to 90 wt. % of an alcohol ethoxylate of formula R1-(OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2).sub.mOH where R.sub.1 is oleyl and/or elaidic and where m is from 6 to 16; and, (b) from 10 to 90 wt. % of an alcohol ether sulfate of formula R.sub.2—(OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2).sub.nOSO.sub.3H where R.sub.2 is saturated or monounsaturated linear C16 and C18 alkyl chain and n is from 5 to 20; wherein the total level of (a)+(b) is greater than 80 wt. %; a detergent composition comprising said surfactant composition; and a domestic method of treating a textile, the method comprising the step of: treating a textile with an aqueous solution of 0.5 to 20 g/L of said detergent composition.

A liquid laundry composition comprising: (i) one or more anionic surfactants; and (ii) a non-ionic ethoxylated C10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant with a degree of ethoxylation in the range of 1 to 10; wherein the total amount of anionic surfactant in the composition is in the range of 3 to 18 wt % of the total composition and the weight ratio of the total amount of anionic surfactant to the non-ionic ethoxylated C10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant is in the range of 6:1 to 60:1. Use of a liquid laundry detergent composition including said non-ionic ethoxylated C10 Guerbet alcohol surfactant for laundering textiles wherein effective foam is maintained during a main wash step and an easy rinse of the textiles is provided during a rinse step.

An antimicrobial detergent composition includes the following components by mass percent: 0.1-10% of a polyester-polyether polymer, 0.01-2% of an antimicrobial agent with a halogenated phenol structure, 10-50% of a surfactant and a solvent. A 1% deionized water solution of the detergent composition has a pH value of 7.0-9.0. In the present invention, by introducing the polyester-polyether polymer into the composition, the deposition efficiency of the antimicrobial agent with the halogenated phenol structure on a fabric can be improved, a solubilization effect of the surfactant in a detergent can be reduced, and therefore, a antimicrobial effect is achieved.