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Plantaren APB
I’ve ordered some of this to see if it’s as mild as it looks it might be.
“Plantaren® APB is a high active surfactant concentrate containing an optimal combination of high foaming anionic surfactants, a high purity alkanolamide and an alkyl polyglycoside. It can be diluted to yield high foaming shampoos, shower gels, and liquid hand soaps with excellent viscosity potentiation.” From BASF Mexico. -
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This is interesting. While waiting for my consignment of Plantaren APB to arrive, I did a bit of looking around and discovered this formulation for shaving gel.
Note that part (C) 5 is actually Plantaren APB although they don’t say so! (How Lubrizol expect a formulator to make this up without specifying that several items are a proprietary blend is beyond me.)I’ve got all the ingredients to make this, so when the Plantaren arrives I will try that formula.I see that according to the data it makes a nice shampoo at only 20% concentration so it might be quite an economical choice. -
Thank you for the good information @Belassi it actually looks like a nice project to try I just wonder about the smell I suppose a 1% fragrance could be added and also I would probably add a small percentage of calendula extract for marketing purposes
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I am wondering about the Lauramide DEA content of the Plantaren APB blend. Is this subject to the same classification as Cocamide DEA with regards to it being a possible carcinogen (Lauramide DEA is the major component of Cocamide DEA).
It is probably worth checking with BASF, You don’t want to start using a blend and then run into regulatory or customer perception issues and then have to reformulate your product.
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@ozgirl:a valid concern. it is in the spec. that the DEAL is very high purity. 1 ppm dioxane according to test data. The E.U. criteria for ingested dioxane is <=5ppm and shampoo is a rinse-off product.
@eperfumes: Yes, I agree, I’ll try 1% fragrance. As usual I expect that I will have to experiment with fragrances to avoid compromising thickness. -
I was actually referring to the carcinogenicity issues related to the Diethanolamine (DEA) content of the Lauramide DEA rather than the dioxane content but both are worth considering.
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