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  • Reducing stringiness but not viscosity in Shampoo

    Posted by abdullah on October 23, 2020 at 10:39 am

    How to reduce stringiness in this Shampoo without decreasing too much viscosity?

    SLES                        %11.9 active 
    CAPB                       %2.1 active 
    Cocamide DEA       %1
    Cationic guar          %0.2
    Glyceryl oleate        %1
    Piroctone Olamine %0.2
    Essential oil            %0.3
    NACL                       %1
    Preservative
    Water

    oldperry replied 3 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • oldperry

    Member
    October 23, 2020 at 11:24 am

    You’ll have to experiment with ratios of SLES : CAPB : Cocamide DEA

  • abdullah

    Member
    October 23, 2020 at 12:11 pm

    @Perry What ratio would have lower stringiness? 
    Which one to increase or decrease?

  • oldperry

    Member
    October 23, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    I can’t really give you an answer on that because the ratio depends on a lot of factors including the composition of the materials you buy, the manufacturing conditions, the composition of the other ingredients in your system and your particular definition of “stringy.”

    You have to experiment. 

    Right now your ratio is about 12:2:1
    So, try 15:2:1
    Then try 9:2:1 
    And see what you get.

    Or try 12:2:2  then 12:2:0… etc.

    Formulating rarely has some simple answer. It’s why people still hire cosmetic chemists rather than just buying a recipe book.
     

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