Stable liquid abrasive composition suitable for removing manganese-ion derived discolorations from hard surfaces

Claim 1

A pourable liquid, abrasive, stain removing composition, comprising: (A) a solid phase, comprising about 5 to about 65 percent, by weight of said composition, of a substantially water insoluble, abrasive material selected from the group consisting of calcite, dolomite, feldspar, silica flour, quartz, pumice, polishing clays and mixtures thereof, dispersed and suspended in; (b) a stabilizing aqueous liquid phase, comprising (i) about 1 to about 20 percent of a tertiary surfactant mixture, said mixture consisting essentially of: (a) about 0.25 to about 10 percent, by weight of said composition, of an alkylaryl sulphonate synthetic anionic surfactant; (b) about 0.25 to about 10 percent, by weight of said composition, of a soap wherein said soap is an alkali metal salt of a ten to twenty-two carbon fatty acid; and (c) about 0.50 to about 10 percent by weight of said composition, of a fatty acid alkanolamide, nonionic surfactant wherein the fatty acid moiety of said amide contains about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms; wherein the ratio of said soap to said synthetic anionic in said mixture is about 1:3.2 to about 1:0.8, and wherein the ratio of said synthetic anionic surfactant plus said soap to said nonionic surfactant is about 0.6:1 to about 1:0.9; and (ii) about 3 to about 20 percent of an electrolyte system comprising at least one electrolyte selected from the group consisting of dihydroxymaleic acid, of an alkali metal salt of dihydroxymaleic acid, dihydroxytartaric acid, an alkali metal salt of tartaric acid, and mixtures thereof.