Acquisition of Diversey Holdings Inc (Details Textual) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Oct. 03, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 In Process Research and Development [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Software [Member] Y	Dec. 31, 2011 Patents and Trade Secrets [Member] Y	Dec. 31, 2011 Integration and optimization program [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member] Integration and optimization program [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 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]	Sep. 30, 2011 Legacy Diversey [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 8.125% senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 8.125% senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 8.125% senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 10.50% Senior Notes 2020 [Member]	Nov. 02, 2011 10.50% Senior Notes 2020 [Member] Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 8.25% Senior Notes due 2019 [Member]	Nov. 02, 2011 8.25% Senior Notes due 2019 [Member] Diversey Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 8.375% senior notes due 2021 [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 8.375% senior notes due 2021 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 8.375% senior notes due 2021 [Member]	Feb. 06, 2009 12% Senior Notes due February 2014 [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 Revolving credit facility [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 Multicurrency term A facility tranche [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 Multicurrency term B facility tranche [Member]
Acquisition of Diversey Holdings Inc. (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of interest acquired in business combination																			100.00%
Cash payment received by Diversey stockholders																			$ 2,098,700,000
Number of common stock received by Diversey stockholders											13.0				31.7
Repayment of existing indebtedness of Diversey																			1,600,000,000
Line of Credit Facility																																	700,000,000	1,100,000,000	1,200,000,000
Aggregate principal amount																							750,000,000							750,000,000		300,000,000
Debt interest rate																						8.125%		8.125%	10.50%		8.25%		8.375%		8.375%
Fair value of Diversey preferred stock investment																			262,900,000
Interest rate on senior notes																						8.125%		8.125%	10.50%		8.25%		8.375%		8.375%
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%
Notes will be redeemed at a price																										110.50%		108.25%
Exchange ratio per share merger consideration fair value													$ 16.70
Exchange ratio per share merger consideration value													$ 24.50
Fractional adjustment due to fair value exchange per share													$ 1.46722
Fair-value-based measure of the SARs										100,200,000	100,200,000								512,900,000
Fair value of Diversey unvested stock options converted to SARs												50,800,000
Compensation expenses									38,000,000	19,000,000
Payment due to the exercise of options									28,000,000	22,000,000
Business acquisitions deferred tax liability step-up acquired assets and liabilities assumed																503,000,000
Business acquisitions deferred tax liabilities unremitted foreign earnings noncurrent																94,000,000
Business acquisitions unrecognized tax benefits income tax penalties and interest accrued																183,000,000
Business acquisitions income taxes payable																54,000,000
Deferred tax liabilities current included in other current liabilities	8,000,000	8,000,000
Remaining liabilities of SARs included in the restructuring plan									12,000,000	47,000,000	47,000,000
Closing date average price over the remaining weighted average vesting period											$ 16.18
Non-current assets related to Diversey's pension and other postretirement benefit plans					45,000,000
Non-current liabilities related to Diversey's pension and other postretirement benefit plans					178,000,000
Other liabilities	617,900,000	617,900,000	142,900,000
Projected Benefit Obligation	764,000,000	764,000,000
Plan assets	630,000,000	630,000,000
Restructuring and other charges	1,000,000	52,800,000	7,600,000	7,000,000					52,800,000					38,000,000
Amortization expense of intangible assets acquired	31,000,000	41,300,000	11,200,000	11,700,000
Business acquisitions pro forma depreciation and amortization expense																320,000,000	329,000,000
Business acquisitions pro forma restructuring and other charges																51,400,000	5,300,000
Business acquisitions pro forma interest expense																402,000,000	410,000,000
Business acquisitions pro forma loss on debt redemption																	39,000,000
Business acquisitions pro forma effective income tax rates																42.00%	30.00%
Non-recurring charge related to the step-up in inventories	12,000,000
Non-recurring charge related to associate costs for Diversey's prior restructuring programs	12,000,000	12,000,000
Non-recurring pro forma adjustments include the removal of costs related to the acquisition																70,000,000
Acquisition costs																					6,000,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets						$ 5,700,000	$ 84,000,000	$ 69,900,000
Useful life							3
Weighted average useful life								8