Illinois Tool Works Inc.

John Nemec

Tsao-Chin Clarence Huang

John Isidoro Escoto, Jr

Ali Alwattari

Chi Quang Nguyen

John Escoto

Katherine Schwarze

A composition is provided for hard surface cleaning and odor removal. Performance characteristics such as high odor removal and hard surface cleaning performance are achieved using a zinc ricinoleate-based odor neutralizer coupled with a polymeric ester based hard surface cleaning agent. The composition may be formulated for use in a trigger bottle, aerosol, or wipe applications.

Odor removing composition comprising zinc ricinoleate and fluorosurfactant and methods of making thereof

A gellable vehicle surface cleaning composition is provided that includes a non-ionic surfactant combined with gelling components of an inorganic gel forming substance and at least one water soluble polymer in a ratio of the inorganic gel forming substance to the hydrophilic polymer of between 0.1-1:1. The non-ionic surfactant and the gelling components are provided in an aqueous solvent system. The aqueous solvent system includes a first solvent having a Kamlet-Taft solvent polarity &#x3b1; (K-T &#x3b1;) value of zero, a second solvent having a K-T &#x3b1; 0.6-0.85 value, and water present at more than 50 total weight percent. A process of for cleaning a vehicle surface with a stain is also provided that includes the composition to the stain on the vehicle surface a composition and after allowing sufficient time for the composition to lift the stain, the stain and the composition are removed from the vehicle surface.

Aqueous gel cleaning composition for lipophilic stain removal from vehicle surfaces

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Glenview, IL, United States of America

John Nemec