EP1335965B1 - Treatment of surfaces for temporarily improving their dirt removal behavior - Google Patents

Abstract

Stable, aqueous preparations are described which contain selected substances in order, on surface treatment, to condition surfaces in such a manner that said surfaces may subsequently more easily be cleaned using conventional agents than identical surfaces which have not been treated with the claimed preparations. Corresponding cleaning processes and a cleaning preparation are also presented.

Description

The invention relates to the use of stable, aqueous preparations selected Substances contain, for the treatment of surfaces, to surfaces too which can be made easier at a later date using common means can clean, as identical surfaces, not with the claimed preparations treated as well as a cleaning method and a cleaning preparation.

When cleaning surfaces, especially surfaces that are stubborn Pollution contaminated, is often required great effort, to remove as much residue as possible from the surfaces. The cleaning agents The manufacturing industry offers funds from a chemical perspective Their good effectiveness are largely suitable, most impurities to remove. The manufacturer of cleaning machines or plants contribute to this, through clever design of systems and coordinated procedures, Remove impurities from various surfaces.

GB 2 058 823 A discloses liquid dishwashing detergents containing anionic surfactants, calcium and / or magnesium compounds, Hydrotropes, and alkyl phosphates or phosphonates.

Although this interaction of detergents, mechanics, temperature and Time works well in many cases, there is a need for economic and ecological reasons, cleaning operations with less and / or better compatible detergents and / or in less time and / or at lower temperature and / or with less mechanical / mechanical and / or perform manual effort.

In practice, it is common that when reducing a process parameter, such as. time, chemistry, temperature or mechanics at the same time another process parameter is increased. This has the disadvantage that one although in a criterion, e.g. in chemical consumption, to achieve an improvement can, however, thereby accept a deterioration in other criteria must, such as at the temperature or high energy consumption or Extension of the entire process.

The equipment of surfaces with permanently adhering connections would Although bring a reduction in the cleaning effort with it. This kind of Soil Release Equipment (from E soil = pollution, dirt & release = detachment, Release), for example, in the finishing of textiles Substances that prevent the deposition of dirt or its leachability facilitate application. Preparations for such soil release application contain z. As perfluorinated fatty acids, also in the form of their aluminum u. Zirconium salts, organic silicates, silicones, perfluorinated polyacrylic acid esters Alcohol component or coupled with perfluorinated acyl or sulfonyl radical, polymerizable compounds. Antistatic agents may also be included. This type of stain-resistant equipment is often used as an easy-care equipment classified.

However, it has been found in practice that the for this permanent equipment used compounds based on fluoroaliphatic silyl ethers or others mostly based on silicon compounds or fluorine compounds Systems usually have several disadvantages. For example These permanent fixtures will pass through multiple cleanings against their task away from the surface, resulting in a loss the dirt-repellent effect leads. Because in this way the strong adhering compounds, for example, in the machine method, in the Washing device as well as in the lines and other peripherals, arise Disadvantages such as deposits and precipitates to large conglomerates the coating in the cleaning device. The result is disruptions in the cleaning process up to standstill of the machine. It should be added that the usually used for permanent equipment silicon or fluorine compounds usually hardly degradable and therefore for ecological reasons are questionable.

Therefore, it was not an object of the present invention, a permanent equipment to achieve surfaces with dirt-repellent compounds, but rather specifically for formulations for the treatment of surfaces to seek out during or after a cleaning process can be, and the surface in a state that soiling or contamination of the surfaces thus treated are better removable than with contaminated or contaminated but not pretreated surfaces, the treated so Surfaces should lose the desired effect, if not during or after the next cleaning process the treatment is renewed. Was there it is desired in the context of the present invention that in the application the lowest possible foam is present, so that the additional use special defoamer can be largely dispensed with.

A zwischen 0,2 und 40 Gew.-% eines schäumenden, nicht alkoxylierten, alkylgruppenhaltigen Tensids,

a) Alkylsulfate mit einer gesättigten oder ungesättigten, verzweigten oder linearen Alkylgruppe mit 8 bis 22 C-Atomen, vorzugsweise mit 10 bis 16 C-Atomen, besonders bevorzugt Natriumlaurylsulfat,

b) Alkylglukoside mit einer gesättigten oder ungesättigten, verzweigten oder linearen Alkylgruppe mit 8 bis 22 C-Atomen, vorzugsweise mit 10 bis 16 C-Atomen, besonders bevorzugt Laurylglukosid,

c) Fettsäure-Ethanolamide mit einer gesättigten oder ungesättigten, verzweigten oder linearen Alkylgruppe mit 8 bis 22 C-Atomen, vorzugsweise mit 10 bis 16 C-Atomen, besonders bevorzugt Laurylethanolamid,

B zwischen 0,1 und 20 Gew.-% eines zweiwertigen Metalls in gebundener Form, ausgewählt aus Calzium- oder Magnesium - Verbindungen, bevorzugt ausgewählt aus Calziumchlorid, Calziumacetat, Magnesiumchlorid und Magnesiumacetat, in mit Wasser verdünnter oder unverdünnter Form bei der Behandlung von festen Oberflächen während oder nach manuellen oder maschinellen Geschwirrspül - und/oder -reinigungsvorgängen als Mittel zur Verbesserung der Entfernbarkeit von später auf die so behandelten Oberflächen aufgebrachten Verschmutzungen oder Kontaminationen.

The object was achieved by the present invention, namely the use of a stable aqueous preparation containing, based on the total preparation,

A between 0.2 and 40% by weight of a foaming, non-alkoxylated, alkyl group-containing surfactant,

a) alkyl sulfates having a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl group having 8 to 22 C atoms, preferably having 10 to 16 C atoms, particularly preferably sodium lauryl sulfate,

b) alkyl glucosides having a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl group having 8 to 22 C atoms, preferably having 10 to 16 C atoms, more preferably lauryl glucoside,

c) fatty acid-ethanolamides having a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl group having 8 to 22 C atoms, preferably having 10 to 16 C atoms, particularly preferably lauryl ethanolamide,

B between 0.1 and 20% by weight of a divalent metal in bound form selected from calcium or magnesium compounds, preferably selected from calcium chloride, calcium acetate, magnesium chloride and magnesium acetate, in water-diluted or undiluted form in the treatment of solid Surfaces during or after manual or automated dishwashing and / or cleaning operations as a means of improving the removability of soils or contaminants later applied to the treated surfaces.

Under bound bivalent metal is to be understood in the first place that Bonding via covalent, ionic or van der Waals bonding in the chemical Composite of divalent metal with other elements, atoms, molecules, Ions or the like are present. For the purposes of the present invention, therefore also dissociable metal compounds as bound metal. selected from the groups of

Under usual means the present invention understands alkaline, neutral or acidic agents, depending on the surface and cleaning method with different Ingredients, such as surfactants, enzymes, oxidants, complexing agents, Chlorine derivatives, antimicrobial agents, corrosion inhibitors, defoamers or other ingredients.

In the event that the preparations to be used according to the invention lauryl glucoside contain, these formulations are used so that the treated Surface due to the antimicrobial properties of lauryl glucoside receives additional antimicrobial protection.

It is further preferred that the preparations to be used according to the invention additionally one or more further surfactants selected from the groups anionic, cationic, nonionic, amphoteric surfactants, phosphoric esters, Alkylamine oxides and their salts and the silicone compounds it being particularly preferred that the present invention be used Preparations as another nonionic surfactant an alkoxylated Alkyl alcohol containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, particularly preferred from the group of mixed ethoxylates / propoxylates of branched or unbranched alkyl alcohols having 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and the end-capped Ethoxylates of branched or unbranched alkyl alcohols with 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, and most preferably from the group of mixed ethoxylated and propoxylated alkyl alcohols with 12 to 22 C atoms in the alkyl part, butyl ether of an ethoxylated alkyl alcohol with 12 to 22 C atoms in the alkyl part and methyl ether of an ethoxylated alkyl alcohol with 12 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl part, wherein it is also preferred that the present invention to be used as another nonionic formulations Surfactant at least one alkyl polyglucoside having 8 to 14 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and 1 to 5 glucose units and in a most preferred Embodiment that contained in the formulations to be used according to the invention Surfactants have defoaming properties, this embodiment is particularly preferred, for example, if the waiver Surfactants with defoaming properties cause strong foaming and the cleaning or rinsing process would be hindered in any form.

The preparations to be used according to the invention preferably contain additionally one or more antimicrobial components selected from Groups of alcohols, aldehydes, antimicrobial acids, carboxylic esters, Acid amides, phenols, phenol derivatives, diphenyls, diphenylalkanes, urea derivatives, Oxygen, nitrogen acetals and formals, benzamidines, isothiazolines, Phthalimide derivatives, pyridine derivatives, antimicrobial surface-active compounds, Guanidines, antimicrobial amphoteric compounds, quinolines, 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane, iodo-2-propynyl-butyl-carbamate, iodine, iodophores, peroxides, it being particularly preferred when the formulations according to the invention selected as antimicrobial components one or more compounds from ethanol, n-propanol, i-propanol, 1,3-butanediol, phenoxyethanol, 1,2-propylene glycol, Glycerol, undecylenic acid, citric acid, 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol, 2,2'-methylenebis (6-bromo-4-chlorophenol), 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether, N- (4-chlorophenyl) -N- (3,4-dichlorophenyl) -urea, N, N '- (1,10-decanediyldi-1-pyridinyl-4-ylidene) bis (1-octanamine) dihydrochloride . N, N'-bis (4-chlorophenyl) -3.12-diimino-2,4,11,13-tetraaza-tetradecandiimidamid, quaternary ammonium compounds or alkyl amines, guanidines, amphoteric.

In a further preferred embodiment, the present invention to preparations additionally using solubilizers, such as, for example, cumene sulphonate, monohydric alcohols, such as isopropanol, butanol, ethanol and polyhydric Alcohols such as glycols or glycerol and their ethers and esters, wherein the term solubilizers also surfactants, such as fatty amine and other Substances with solubilizing properties may fall.

It is further preferred that the preparations to be used according to the invention in a dosage form selected from stable aqueous solution, gel, or paste, and it is also preferred if the preparations according to the invention to be used from a non-aqueous Dosage form and a water-soluble shell, preferably polyvinyl alcohol most preferably the water-soluble shell contains part of the formulation ingredients, prepared by dissolving in water become.

Furthermore, it is preferred that the preparations to be used according to the invention, depending on the type of contamination, process, machine and otherwise conditional conditions, in undiluted or diluted form on the surface be applied, it being particularly preferred that the treated Surface is treated by dipping. It may be preferred on a case-by-case basis be that the preparations to be used according to the invention in undiluted or diluted form on the surfaces to be treated via aids, which can be selected from brush, sponge, rolls, cloths, rags, Brushes, wipers, rubber, pug, mop covers, sprayers be applied.

It is furthermore preferred that the preparations to be used according to the invention with water to concentrations below 15,000 ppm, more preferably 15 to 10000 ppm and most preferably to 50 to 1000 ppm to dilute and to apply in this concentration the surfaces to be treated. The contact time between the preparations to be used according to the invention and the surfaces to be treated is preferably at least the time is necessary to wet the surface to be treated, taking particular preferred is when the contact time is longer than 5 seconds and completely is particularly preferred if after contact no rinsing with water he follows. The treatment temperature is preferably 5 to 95 ° C and is more preferably between 20 and 85 ° C.

Preferably, the preparations to be used according to the invention are for the treatment of surfaces of plastic and / or glass and / or ceramic and / or porcelain and / or quartz and / or granite and / or metal and / or wood used, it being particularly preferred that the treated Surfaces of dishes, windows, tiles, floor coverings, wood and stone surfaces and floors and walls and coated or uncoated tanks or other containers, lines, conveyor belts, containers, such as Refillable bottles made of glass, plastic, such as PET, or textiles come.

In a particularly preferred embodiment when using the invention to observe preparations to be used, that over a longer period observed, the wear, the susceptibility to scratching and corrosion can be lowered by plastics.

It is also preferred that the preparations to be used according to the invention during or after manual or automatic dishwashing and / or dishwashing cleaning operations brought into contact with the surfaces to be treated wherein it is particularly preferred to use the invention Use preparations as rinse aid.

Another object of the present invention is a method for purification of surfaces in which, in at least one process step, the surfaces brought into contact with a preparation to be used according to the invention be, with the effect that the treated surfaces after soiling easier to clean in a next cleaning process than that Surfaces that have not come into contact with these preparations.

It is particularly preferred if this inventive method in the Cleaning of dishes is used.

a) zwischen 0,2 und 40 Gew.% eines schäumenden Tensids, ausgewählt aus Natriumlaurylsulfat, Laurylglucosid, Lauryl-ethanolamid, sowie

b) zwischen 0,1 und 20 Gew.% einer Verbindung eines zweiwertigen Metalls, vorzugsweise einer Calzium- oder Magnesium-Verbindung, besonders bevorzugt ausgewählt aus Calziumchlorid, Calziumacetat, Magnesiumchlorid oder Magnesiumacetat,

enthält sowie ein Klarspüler, der eine entsprechende Zubereitung enthält. Dabei kann das vorliegende Metall auch tensidisch oder anderweitig gebunden sein. In addition, the subject of the present invention is a soil release preparation which, based on the total preparation,

a) between 0.2 and 40 wt.% Of a foaming surfactant selected from sodium lauryl sulfate, lauryl glucoside, lauryl ethanolamide, and

b) between 0.1 and 20% by weight of a compound of a divalent metal, preferably a calcium or magnesium compound, more preferably selected from calcium chloride, calcium acetate, magnesium chloride or magnesium acetate,

contains and a rinse aid containing an appropriate preparation. In this case, the present metal may also be bound surface-active or otherwise.

Examples

In practical trials during the flushing process in a dishwasher Porcelain plate with a rinse aid applied. It is in the comparative experiment investigated, as with the use of rinse aids, the invention bound Containing calcium, the temporary soil release behavior and the foaming behavior to be influenced.

Conduct of the experiment on temporary soil release behavior:

1. Preparation of the dishes to be coated

In a common household dishwasher (for example Fa. Miele) are dining plates for commercial use with a diameter of 25 cm at least 70 ° C with a commercially available dishwashing detergent such. Perclin Supra completely cleaned. These so cleaned plates are used for the experiments.

2. Preparation of a one-tank dishwasher

The tank of a one-tank dishwasher (eg Fa. Krefft) is filled with softened water and heated to 60 ° C operating temperature. The cleaning solution is adjusted so that the concentration of Perclin Supra in the tank is 1 g per liter of water.
Between boiler and tank of the dishwasher (single-tank dishwasher), the supply of the dosing device for the rinse aid is connected. The grid position of the dosing device is adjusted so that about 0.57 g of rinse aid per liter of softened water are added. For each rinse, the one-tank dishwasher is set to a consumption of about 5 l softened water.
The temperature of the water in the rinse cycle is set to 75 ° C.

3. Execution of the experiment:

In the now prepared one-tank dishwasher 10 cleaned per experiment Food plate used by means of a dish rack. The dining plates are available while upright and staggered in the dish rack. The dishwasher is closed and the plates are subjected to a cleaning step at 60 ° C for 60 seconds subjected to an aqueous Perclin Supra solution. Following the Cleaning step starts directly the rinse cycle. Through a spraying device is the aqueous 70 ° C warm solution of the rinse aid to be examined on the Food plate applied. After completion of the rinse cycle, the dishwasher opened and the crockery basket with the plates removed. The so treated Dinner plates are left after cooling and drying at room temperature according to a standardized test method with a starch contamination soiled. For this purpose, an about 6% aqueous corn starch containing After being boiled, cool the composition to 75 ° C and leave each dish Apply approx. 4 mL with a brush. The thus treated plates are allowed at least 3 Hours stand and then let the plates for 16 hours at about 100 ° C dry. After cooling, the plates are described as in the following text further treated.

With the treated with different rinse aids and then soiled Food dishes become the cleaning step in the one-tank dishwasher repeated. For this purpose, the tank of the one-tank dishwasher with turn filled with softened water. 1 liter of dishwasher detergent per liter of softened water Added Perclin Supra. The single-tank dishwasher is set to an operating temperature brought from 60 ° C. The soiled plates will turn introduced in an upright position by means of a dish rack in the dishwasher and the one-tank dishwasher is closed. The ever 60 seconds continuous cleaning step is repeated five times, so that a total of five minutes is cleaned. Immediately thereafter, the dishwasher is opened and the dish rack taken with the dining plates of the dishwasher. The dining plates dry and cool at room temperature. The food plates are used for visualization the remaining starch residue in a short by default by loosening Iodine and potassium iodide immersed in water-prepared iodine solution.

The visualized remaining starch soiling is compared using comparators rated. The rating scale ranges from 0 = not clean (no starch removal recognizable) to 10 = optimally clean. The results of the investigations are taken from Table 1.

Carrying out the tests on the foam behavior of the rinse aid:
In addition to the soil release experiments, the foaming behavior of the rinse aid formulations was investigated. The following test was used for this:

Foam in the intensive foam device:

The device is filled with about 40 L of softened water. To harden the conditions About 180 g are added to the water when the circulating pump is switched on given to foaming detergents. At the same time you add about 10 g of the each to be examined rinse aid 1 to 4. Under continuous pumping The solution is raised to 60 ° C and the foam height determined via a measuring scale.

4. Influence of different rinse aid on the temporary soil release behavior and the foaming behavior

As can be seen from Table 1, the evaluation of the cleaning result falls when using a preparation to be used according to the invention substantially better than with food plates, in their treatment no means with bound Calcium was used.

Treatment with a preparation containing sodium lauryl sulfate and calcium chloride contains, therefore, a visible relief for the cleaning process of Surfaces, as shown in the example of the dining plates.

Klarspüler 1: Ausgangsrezeptur

Klarspüler 2: Temporärer Soil Relase Klarspüler ohne Entschäumer

Klarspüler 3: Temporärer Soil Release Klarspüler mit Partikelentschäumer

Klarspüler 4: Temporärer Soil Release Klarspüler mit CaCl2 Ergebnisse im soil release Test und im Schaum-Test Rohstoffe Klarspüler 1 Klarspüler 2 Klarspüler 3 Klarspüler 4 Na-laurylsulfat 0,00 5,00 5,00 5,00 Fettalkohol+EO+PO 21,00 21,00 21,00 21,00 Schaumarmes Fettalkoholalkoxylat 8,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 Na-cumolsulfonat 40%ig 7,00 7,00 7,00 18,00 Ethanol 4,00 4,00 4,00 0,00 Partikelentschäumer mit SiO2 und Paraffinwachs 0,00 0,00 2,00 0,00 Ca-Cl2 0,00 0,00 0,00 2,50 Wasser 60,00 60,00 58,00 50,50 Aussehen klar, stabil klar, stabil trüb, trennt klar, stabil Bewertung des Soil Release Ergebnisses 3,5 6,5 6,5 8,0 Schaum in Schütteltest (60°C) 100 ml (0ml) 140 ml (40 ml) 115 ml (15 ml) 120 ml (20 ml) Schaum im Intensivschaumgerät mit Solid Force 210 mm 270 mm 250 mm 210 mm

Rinse Aids 2 through 4 contain sodium lauryl sulfate, which is prone to foaming. In rinse aid 3, the foam should be controlled by adding a particle defoamer. The consequence, however, is that rinse aid 3 is present as a turbid solution and that the recipe tends to separate. In addition, the foam in the intensive foam device is still relatively high.
For rinse aid 2, very high foam volume was measured. By using the rinse aid 4 according to the invention, the amount of foam can be substantially reduced without the presence of turbid or separation-prone formulations. The amount of foam in the intensive foam unit was even comparable to rinse aid 1, which contains no sodium lauryl sulfate.

Rinse aid 1: initial formulation

Rinse Aid 2: Temporary Soil Relase rinse aid without defoamer

Rinse Aid 3: Temporary Soil Release rinse aid with particle defoamer

Rinse Aid 4: Temporary Soil Release Rinse Aid with CaCl2 Results in the soil release test and in the foam test raw materials Rinse aid 1 Rinse aid 2 Rinse aid 3 Rinse aid 4 Na lauryl sulfate 0.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Fatty alcohol + EO + PO 21,00 21,00 21,00 21,00 Low foaming fatty alcohol alkoxylate 8.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Na-cumene sulphonate 40% 7.00 7.00 7.00 18,00 ethanol 4.00 4.00 4.00 0.00 Particle defoamer with SiO2 and paraffin wax 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Ca Cl2 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.50 water 60,00 60,00 58,00 50.50 Appearance clear, stable clear, stable cloudy, separates clear, stable Evaluation of the Soil Release Result 3.5 6.5 6.5 8.0 Foam in shaking test (60 ° C) 100 ml (0ml) 140 ml (40 ml) 115 ml (15 ml) 120 ml (20 ml) Foam in the intensive foam unit with solid force 210 mm 270 mm 250 mm 210 mm

Claims (18)

1. Use of a stable aqueous formulation which, relative to the overall formulation, includes

   A) between 0.2 and 40 wt.-% of a foaming, non-alkoxylated surfactant containing alkyl groups, the surfactant being selected from the group of

   a) alkyl sulfates with a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl group having 8 to 22 C atoms,

   b) alkylglucosides with a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl group having 8 to 22 C atoms,

   c) fatty acid ethanolamides with a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl group having 8 to 22 C atoms,

   and

   B) between 0.1 and 20 wt.-% of a bivalent metal in bound form, selected from calcium or magnesium compounds,

   in water-diluted or undiluted form in the treatment of solid surfaces during or following manual or mechanical dish washing and/or cleaning processes as an agent for improving the removability of soiling or contaminations depositing at some future time on the surfaces thus treated.
2. The use according to claim 1, characterized in that the calcium or magnesium compound included in the formulation is selected from calcium chloride, calcium acetate, magnesium chloride and magnesium acetate.
3. The use according to any of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that sodium lauryl sulfate is included in the formulation as surfactant from group a).
4. The use according to any of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that laurylglucoside is included in the formulation as surfactant from group b).
5. The use according to any of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that lauryl ethanolamide is included in the formulation as surfactant from group c).
6. The use according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the formulation additionally includes one or more further surfactants selected from the groups of anionic, cationic, non-ionic, amphoteric surfactants, alkylamine oxides, silicone compounds and phosphoric esters and salts thereof.
7. The use according to claim 6, characterized in that an alkoxylated alkyl alcohol having 8 to 22 C atoms in the alkyl chain is included in the formulation as additional non-ionic surfactant.
8. The use according to claim 7, characterized in that the additional non-ionic surfactant is a non-foaming or low-foam surfactant selected from the group of mixed ethoxylates/propoxylates of branched or unbranched alkyl alcohols having 12 to 22 C atoms in the alkyl portion.
9. The use according to claim 8, characterized in that the additional non-ionic surfactant is a non-foaming or low-foam surfactant selected from the group of methyl ethers and/or butyl ethers of ethoxylated alkyl alcohols having 12 to 22 C atoms in the alkyl portion.
10. The use according to any of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the formulation additionally includes one or more antimicrobial components selected from the groups of alcohols, aldehydes, antimicrobial acids, carboxylic esters, acid amides, phenols, phenol derivatives, diphenyls, diphenylalkanes, urea derivatives, oxygen and nitrogen acetals and formals, benzamidines, isothiazolines, phthalimide derivatives, pyridine derivatives, antimicrobial surface-active compounds, guanidines, antimicrobial amphoteric compounds, quinolines, 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane, iodo-2-propynylbutyl carbamate, iodine, iodophors, and peroxides.
11. The use according to any of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the formulation additionally includes solubilizers.
12. The use according to any of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the formulation is in the form of a stable solution, a gel or paste.
13. The use according to any of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the formulation is produced from a non-aqueous preparation and a water-soluble envelope by dissolving in water.
14. The use according to any of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the surface to be treated is treated with an undiluted or diluted formulation using immersion.
15. The use according to any of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the surface to be treated is treated with an undiluted or diluted formulation using means selected from paintbrushes, sponge, rollers, cloths, rags, brushes, wipers, rubbers, mops, flat wiper covers, spraying devices.
16. The use according to any of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the materials of the surface to be treated are selected from plastic and/or glass and/or ceramics and/or porcelain and/or quartz and/or granite and/or metal and/or wood.
17. The use according to claim 16, characterized in that the surfaces to be treated are derived from crockery.
18. The use according to any of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that the formulation is employed as a rinsing agent in dish washing.