Editing Windex (section)

==Ingredients==
On August 26, 1969, Melvin E. Stonebraker and Samuel P. Wise received U.S. patent #3,463,735<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3463735A/en|title=Glass cleaning composition|publisher=Google Patents}}</ref> for a glass cleaning composition, listing example formulae, one of which is 4.0% [[isopropyl alcohol]], 1% [[2-Butoxyethanol|ethylene glycol monobutyl ether]], 0.1% [[Sodium dodecyl sulfate|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 [[spray bottle|plastic sprayer]].{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} 

In 1989, Windex was a 5% [[ammonia]] solution.<ref name="Lewis">{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Peter H. |title=PERSONAL COMPUTERS; Cleaning Screens Safely|work=[[The New York Times]] |page=9|date=August 8, 1989 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/08/science/personal-computers-cleaning-screens-safely.html}}</ref> The product was reformulated in 2006.<ref>{{cite press release |author=S.C. Johnson & Son |title=SC Johnson Honored With Presidential Award for Corporate Leadership in Ceremony at the White House |date=January 5, 2006 |publisher=S.C. Johnson & Son |url=http://www.scjohnson.com/family/fam_pre_pre_news.asp?art_id=225 |access-date=July 19, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303204723/http://www.scjohnson.com/family/fam_pre_pre_news.asp?art_id=225 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, S.C. Johnson started publishing ingredients for all of its products, including Windex.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Scelfo|first1=Julie|title=Good Chemistry for some Household Sprays|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/garden/11clean.html|access-date=15 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=February 10, 2010}}</ref> The S.C. Johnson website lists Windex's ingredients as water, [[2-Hexoxyethanol|2-hexoxyethanol]], [[1-Amino-2-propanol|isopropanolamine]], [[Alkylbenzene sulfonates|sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate]], [[Lauryldimethylamine_oxide|lauramine oxide]], [[Ammonia_solution|ammonium hydroxide]], fragrance and Liquitint sky blue dye.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsinsidescjohnson.com/us/en/brands/windex/windex-original-glass-cleaner|title=SC Johnson|first=SC|last=Johnson|website=SC Johnson - What's Inside}}</ref> An alternative variant also for household use cites water, hexoxyethanol, isopropanolamine, [[ammonium hydroxide]], sodium C10-C16 alkylbenzenesulfonate, [[lauramine oxide]], sodium xylene sulfonate, colorants and fragrances.{{cn|date=October 2024}}<!--this is directly from a 1.37 gal Windex Cleaner jug intended for refilling spray bottles, as obtained in November 2021-->