Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 1,827.7	$ 1,828.9
Cost of sales	1,186.7	1,216.7
Gross profit	641.0	612.2
Selling, general and administrative expenses	447.4	434.7
Amortization expense of intangible assets acquired	31.2	31.9
Stock appreciation rights expense	0.5	18.0
Costs related to the acquisition and integration of Diversey	0.9	0.4
Restructuring and other charges (credits)	6.1	(0.2)
Operating profit	154.9	127.4
Interest expense	(78.5)	(90.8)
Foreign currency exchange losses related to Venezuelan subsidiaries	(15.0)	(13.1)
Gain from Claims Settlement	21.1
Loss on debt redemption	(0.4)	(32.3)
Other income (expense), net	0.4	0.3
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income tax provision (benefit)	82.5	(8.5)
Income tax provision (benefit)	10.7	(9.2)
Net earnings from continuing operations	71.8	0.7
Net earnings from discontinued operations		2.0
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$ 71.8	$ 2.7
Basic:
Continuing operations	$ 0.35
Discontinued operations		$ 0.01
Net earnings per common share-basic	$ 0.35	$ 0.01
Diluted:
Continuing operations	$ 0.33
Discontinued operations		$ 0.01
Net earnings per common share-diluted	$ 0.33	$ 0.01
Dividends per common share	$ 0.13	$ 0.13
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	206.7	193.8
Diluted	214.5	212.7