Floor polishes containing siloxane-oxyalkylene block copolymer leveling agents

Claim 1

A FLOOR POLISH FORMULATION COMPRISING A BASIC AQUEOUS EMULSION OF AN EMULSIFIABLE WAX, AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF WHICH IS A MODIFIED POLYOLEFIN WAX HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 1000 TO ABOUT 5000, SAID POLYOLEFIN WAX BEING MODIFIED BY REACTION WITH A COMPOUND CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE CARBOXYL GROUP SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALPHA-BETA-UNSATURATED MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVING FROM 3 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVING FROM 4 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, MERCAPTO CARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVING FROM 2 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS, ANHYDRIDES OF THE FOREGOING ACIDS AND ESTERS OF THE FOREGOING ACIDS, A MODIFIED ROSIN INSOLUBLE IN WATER BUT SOLUBLE IN BASIC AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, SAID ROSIN BEING MODIFIED BY REACTION WITH A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALCOHOLS, POLYOLS AND MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, A COMPATIBLE EMULSIFYING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NON-IONIC SURFACTANTS CONTAINING 4 TO ABOUT 80 MOLES OF AN ALKYLENE OXY GROUP AND ANIONIC SURFACTANTS OF AMINE SOAPS, AND A POLYSILOXANE-OXYALKYLENE POLYMER HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT BELOW ABOUT 25,000, A POLYSILOXANE CONTENT IN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 30 TO ABOUT 60 PERCENT BY WEIGHT AND BEING INSOLUBLE IN WATER IN CONCENTRATIONS GREATER THAN ONE PERCENT AT 25*C.