CLEANING COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING A MIXTURE OF FATTY ACIDS AND SOAP AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING A CLEANING BAR INCLUDING SUCH MIXTURE

Abstract

A cleaning composition comprises 25% to 35% by weight of a surfactant, 1.5% to 5% by weight of a cosurfactant, 5% to 9% by weight of water; and 50% to 60% by weight of a mixture of fatty acids and soap, wherein the ratio of fatty acids to soap is 2.3:1 to 1.8:1. A method for preparing cleaning bars includes heating the cleaning composition to a temperature sufficient to provide a molten composition, cooling the molten composition to form flakes and / or chips, grinding the flakes and / or chips to form billets, and press-molding and / or cutting the billets to form cleaning bars.Another method for making cleaning rods includes heating the cleaning composition to a temperature sufficient to provide a molten composition, pouring the molten composition into a mold, cooling the molten composition until the cleaning rods are formed, and removing the cleaning rods from the mold.