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Acquisition of Diversey Holdings, Inc. (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended						1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Oct. 03, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010 Employee	Oct. 03, 2011 Revolving credit facility [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 10.50% Senior Notes 2020 [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 8.25% Senior Notes due 2019 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]	Nov. 02, 2011 Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]	Nov. 02, 2011 Diversey Inc [Member]
Proposed Acquisition of Diversey Holdings Inc. (Textual) [Abstract]
Cash payment received by Diversey stockholders												$ 2,100,000,000
Number of common stock received by Diversey stockholders								31,700,000
Repayment of existing indebtedness of Diversey			1,500,000,000
Number of employees of acquired entity				10,000
Net sales of Diversey										3,100,000,000
Interest Rate on Senior Notes						10.50%	8.25%
Purchase of preferred stock of Diversey												263,000,000
Percentage of notes to be redeemed at specified percentage of accreted value											35.00%		35.00%
Remaining percentage of notes to be redeemed at specified percentage of accreted value											65.00%		65.00%
Gains related to certain foreign currency forward contracts	6,300,000	6,300,000							6,000,000
Line of Credit Facility					700,000,000
Notes will be redeemed at a price											110.50%		108.25%
Costs related to the acquisition of Diversey	$ 24,100,000	$ 30,700,000
Number of days 8-K filed with SEC after the acquisition		75 days