Abstract: Disclosed are stable liquid laundry detergent and liquid fabric softener compositions containing a Smectite-type clay fabric softener and an antisettling agent in a low water/polyol formulation and, optionally, a softness enhancing amount of a polymeric clay-flocculating agent. Also disclosed is a method for producing these compositions and a step-wise method of using them to obtain fabric softening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 1988
Date of Patent:
July 4, 1989
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Robert Mermelstein, Frederick A. Hartman