Abstract: An aqueous floor-care, self-shine emulsion composition having a pH of 5 to 9 containing a natural or synthetic wax and an alcohol selected from benzyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol, 2-phenoxyethanol and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A preparation containing hard wax, solid paraffin, microcrystalline wax, linseed oil and an aminofunctional silicone oil in an organic solvent is used for the care of floors of porous inorganic materials, particularly unglazed clay tiles. The preparation affords the floors excellent protection against aqueous and oily soil.

Abstract: Preservatives for aluminum surfaces in the form of a polymer dispersion based on an acid-group-containing acrylate copolymer which is cross-linked with divalent metal salts, which contains plasticizers and surfactants, and which, optionally, contains oxidized polyethylene and/or a copolymer of styrene and maleic acid anhydride. The preservatives are suitable for the preserving aftertreatment of aluminum, particularly electrolytically oxidized aluminum.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for cleaning an anodized surface of aluminum or an alloy thereof where a cleaning agent is applied to the anodized surface and then the cleaning agent is removed after a sufficient period of contact,wherein the improvement comprises applying to the anodized surface at ambient temperature a thin film of a cleaning composition comprising an acid solution consisting essentially of:(a) from about 3 to 30 percent by weight, based upon the total weight of the acid solution, of nitric acid, calculated as a 65% aqueous solution;(b) from about 0.1 to 20 percent by weight, based upon the total weight of the acid solution, of partial esters of phosphoric acid;(c) from about 0.3 to 30 percent by weight, based upon the total weight of the acid solution, of a phosphonocarboxylic acid with complexing action;(d) from about 0.