Inventors:
Arlene D. Connolly - Elizabethtown PA
James M. Eshleman - Manheim PA
Edgar W. Knaub - Willow Street PA
Assignee:
Armstrong Cork Company - Lancaster PA
International Classification:
C11D 343, C11D 337
Abstract:
The high gloss of vinyl composition floor coverings having a no-wax coating is maintained by using a cleaner consisting essentially of an aqueous emulsion polymerized alkali-soluble terpolymer having an average molecular weight of about 23,000, the terpolymer being an addition polymer based on about 51% by weight methyl methacrylate, 31% by weight butyl acrylate, and 18% by weight acrylic acid; a mixture of 50% by weight of the reaction product of 1 mole of coconut oil to 2 moles diethanolamine and 50% by weight of the reaction product of 1 mole dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid to 1 mole diethanolamine; an organic solvent; an aqueous ammonia solution; and water. Before being used as a cleaner the cleaner is preferably diluted to between about 0. 5 to 0. 10 percent solids.