| abstract |
A liquid scouring cleanser composition which does not scratch soft metals, yet has sufficient abrasive action to clean effectively using abrasives having a Mohs hardness of greater than 3, comprises from 2-15% by weight of a soap dispersion formed from the sodium, potassium, aluminum, zinc, calcium, magnesium, ammonium, mono lower alkyl amine, di lower alkyl amine, and tri lower alkyl amine fatty acid soaps, from 20-45% by weight of an abrasive having a Mohs hardness of greater than 3, from 1-7% by weight of an anionic and/or nonionic surfactant, from 0.2-10% by weight of a thickener, and water. The pH of the composition is from 7.0-9.5 and the ratio of abrasive to soap is within the range of from 10:1 to 3:1. |