Abstract:
AMMONIUM AND ALKALI METAL PEROXYDIPHOSPHATES HAVE BEEN FOUND EFFECTIVE IN TREATING HAIR AS THE SECOND STAGE "NEUTRALIZER" OR "OXIDIZER" DURING COLD PERMANENT WAVING OF HUMAN HAIR. THIS WAVING PROCESS IS CARRIED OUT BY TREATING THE HAIR WHILE IN A CURLED CONDITION IN A FIRST STAGE WITH REDUCING AGENTS WHICH ARE KNOWN TO RELAX KERATINCONTAINING FIBERS, ESPECIALLY THIOGLYCOLIC ACID AND SALT THEREOF; IN THE SECOND STAGE THE TREATED HAIR IS CONTACTED WITH AMMONIUM OR ALKALI METAL PEROXYDIPHOSPHATE WHICH RESTORES THE HAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION AND IMPARTS A LONG-LASTING CURL.
Abstract:
SOLID CLEANERS FOR NONMETALLIC SURFACES SUCH AS CERAMIC AND "FORMICA," WHICH CAN BE USED TO REMOVE STAINS FROM SUCH SURFACES, ARE MADE WITH THE OXIDIZING CONSTITUENT THEREOF BEING A WATER-SOLUBLE PEROXYDIPHOSPHATE, THE CLEANER YIELDING A PH IN WATER OF NOT OVER 2.5.
Abstract:
PROCESS OF BLEACHING HAIR AT SUBSTANTIALLY ROOM TEMPERATURE WITH AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (OR A COMPOUND YIELDING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION) AND EITHER AMMONIUM PERSULFATE OR AN ALKALI METAL PERSULFATE, IN WHICH THE BLEACHING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ABOVE MIXTURE IS ENHANCED BY ADDING EITHER AMMONIUM OR AN ALKALI METAL PEROXYDIPHOSPHATE THERETO.
Abstract:
Hair and other keratinous substances are colored or dyed by being contacted with a mixture containing, as essential ingredients, an ''''oxidation dye'''' and either an ammonium or an alkali metal peroxydiphosphate; said ''''oxidation dye'''' is oxidized and condensed to a colored or natural appearing, substantially water-insoluble state in-situ and remains fixed within said hair or keratinous substance.