| abstract |
Dryer-activated fabric softening compositions and articles having improved stability, for use in an automatic clothes dryer consisting essentially of: (A) from about 30% to about 75% of a diester quaternary ammonium (DEQA) compound having the formula:wherein R is a long chain, saturated and/or unsaturated, C8-C30 hydrocarbyl, or substituted hydrocarbyl substituent and mixtures thereof, and the counterion, X-, can be any softener-compatible anion; and, (B) nonionic softener at a level of from about 15% to about 50%, where the nonionic softener is fatty acid partial ester of sorbitan; and wherein the ratio of component (A) to component (B) is from about 3:1 to about 1:1. |