WASCHMITTELZUSAMMENSETZUNG

• Main Author: CLEMENTS, ANTHONY HENRY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 15.06.1985
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS,YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

Washing compositions especially designed for washing mixed colored fabrics including mixed loads of colored and white fabrics at lower temperatures are disclosed. The washing compositions comprise a bleach system useful for the reduction of dye-transfer in fabric washing at lower temperatures, said bleach system consisting essentially of (1) a peracid compound which may be an organic peracid, a peracid salt or an organic peracid precursor which generates peracids by hydrolysis or perhydrolysis, and (2) an organic or inorganic material which delivers iodide ions in aqueous media. Preferred material which delivers iodide ions in aqueous media is a water-soluble iodide salt, such as potassium or sodium iodide.