Windex

Windex
Product type Window cleaner
Owner S. C. Johnson & Son
Country United States
Introduced 1933
Markets United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Sweden
Previous owners Drackett
Bristol-Meyers
Website www.windex.com
Windex in a metal can

Windex is a glass and hard-surface cleaner. Windex was invented by the Drackett Company in 1933 and has been marketed throughout the intervening decades.[1] Windex was originally sold in glass containers before adding plastic and metal containers over time.

Drackett sold Windex to Bristol-Meyers in 1965.[2] S. C. Johnson acquired Windex in 1993 and has been manufacturing it since.[3]

The original Windex was colored a light, translucent shade of blue. Today, there are varieties marketed in several colors (ocean fresh blue, sunshine lemon and citrus orange) and fragrances (spring bouquet, ocean mist, lavender and tea tree), with a number of additives such as vinegar, lemon, lime, or orange juice.

Ingredients

On August 26, 1969, Melvin E. Stonebraker and Samuel P. Wise received U.S. patent #3,463,735[4] for a glass cleaning composition, listing example formulae, one of which is 4.0% isopropyl alcohol, 1% ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, 0.1% sodium lauryl sulfate (a surfactant), calcium (Ca) 0.01%, tetrasodium pyrophosphate (a water softener), 0.05% of 28% ammonia, 1% of a dye solution, and 0.01% perfume. This formula was not only inexpensive to manufacture but allowed the product to be packaged in glass bottles and dispensed with a plastic sprayer. In 1989, Windex was a 5% ammonia solution.[5] The product was reformulated in 2006.[6] In 2009, S.C. Johnson started publishing ingredients for all of its products, including Windex.[7] The S.C. Johnson website lists Windex's ingredients as water, 2-hexoxyethanol, isopropanolamine, sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, lauramine oxide, ammonium hydroxide, fragrance, and Liquitint sky blue dye.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Horstman, Barry (May 21, 1999). "Philip W. Drackett: Earned profits, plaudits". The Cincinnati Post. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "COMPANY NEWS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS UNIT FOR SALE AT BRISTOL-MYERS". New York Times. July 30, 1992. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "S. C. JOHNSON & SON WINS APPROVAL FOR DOW PURCHASE". The New York Times. January 24, 1998. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.google.com/patents/US3463735
  5. ↑ Lewis, Peter H. (August 8, 1989). "PERSONAL COMPUTERS; Cleaning Screens Safely". The New York Times. p. 9.
  6. ↑ S.C. Johnson & Son (January 5, 2006). "SC Johnson Honored With Presidential Award for Corporate Leadership in Ceremony at the White House" (Press release). S.C. Johnson & Son. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ Scelfo, Julie (February 10, 2010). "Good Chemistry for some Household Sprays". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. ↑ http://www.whatsinsidescjohnson.com/us/en/brands/windex/windex-original-glass-cleaner
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