wash load and reflectance measurements of these and the washed soiled cloths measure the ability of the detergent to retain removed soil in suspension the tests were run on cotton and cotton polyester blend with a permanent press finish separate pieces were coated with a standard clay type soil and with sebaceous soil using the composition of this invention and a leading commercial liquid detergent for comparison water temperature was 50 u00b0 c water hardness was 150 ppm and sample concentration was 0 15 ______________________________________ soil removal test composition commercial detergent______________________________________cotton polyester 15 5 15 5 clay soil cotton 8 6 8 6 clay soil cotton polyester 26 4 20 5 sebaceous soil cotton 18 7 12 5 sebaceous soil ______________________________________redeposition index test composition commercial detergent______________________________________cotton polyester 92 9 90 5 clay soil cotton 94 0 89 3 clay soil ______________________________________ the higher the redeposition index the more efficient is the detergent in preventing suspended soil for redepositing on the laundered cloth example 5 is repeated substituting 2 0 parts by weight of 8 mole ethoxylated octylphenol triton x 114 from rohm and haas co for 2 0 parts by weight of water the polyethoxylated alkylphenol is a low foaming material with excellent wetting and detergent properties which imparts extra soil suspending characteristics to the composition of example 5 an unexpected benefit arising from the use of.