(57) Hard surface acid cleaners providing fast acting and effective cleaning results across
a wide variety of problematic cleaning areas, comprise alkyl aryl sulfonic acids and
at least 50.0% by weight of water. Suitable alkyl aryl sulfonic acids are alkyl benzene
sulfonic acids of the general structure
wherein R is alkyl averaging 5 to 20 carbon atoms in length and
wherein R and R. are H or alkyl averaging 5 to 20 carbon atoms; and when R, is alkyl,
R2 is H.
Additionally, solvents, antimicrobial compounds, defoamers, thickeners and other cleaning
adjuvants may be added to these hard surface acid cleaners.
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