METHOD OF LAUNDERING FABRIC

A method of laundering fabrics includes: a) contacting a laundry detergent to water to form a wash liquor, wherein the laundry detergent includes detersive surfactant, wherein the wash liquor includes detersive surfactant at a concentration in the range of from 100 ppm to 2500 ppm; b) contacting fab...

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Main Authors SOUTER, Philip Frank, ROBLES, Eric San Jose, BUENO ROMO, Laura, AMADOR ZAMARRENO, Carlos, BROOKER, Anju Deepali Massey, MOON, Libbi
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 15.04.2021
Subjects
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES
CANDLES
CHEMISTRY
DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS
DETERGENTS
FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM
METALLURGY
RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
RESIN SOAPS
SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING
USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS
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Summary:A method of laundering fabrics includes: a) contacting a laundry detergent to water to form a wash liquor, wherein the laundry detergent includes detersive surfactant, wherein the wash liquor includes detersive surfactant at a concentration in the range of from 100 ppm to 2500 ppm; b) contacting fabric to the wash liquor, and washing the fabric in the wash liquor; c) after a period of time of at least 6 minutes from contacting the fabric to the wash liquor, introducing calcium cations into the wash liquor to form a calcium enriched wash liquor, wherein the calcium enriched wash liquor includes calcium cations at a concentration in the range of from 20 ppm to 400 ppm; d) washing the fabric in the calcium-enriched wash liquor for a period of time of at least 2 minutes; and e) removing the excess calcium-enriched wash liquor from the fabric, and rinsing the fabric in water.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202017061585