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  • VISCOSITY REDUCING AGENT

    Posted by pepe on March 1, 2019 at 2:39 pm

    Hello Y’All.

    Hope you are doing well.

    Nowadays I am working on a aerosol skin care product. It should be sprayable in every circumstances and I have found the proper valve and actuator set. The only problem is the emulsion itself!! After 1 and half month by increasing the viscosity of the emulsion, the spray pattern changes negatively.

    I need to keep steady the viscosity of the final product and should find some ingredients to decrease the viscosity.

    Formulation is like:

    D.Water
    Propylene glycol
    TEA
    Stearic Acid (18/43)
    Lanette SX (Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (and) Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate)
    Isopropyl Myristate
    Dimethicone 
    fragrance
    Phenoxyethanol&ethylhexylglycerin

    Thank you in advance…

    gunther replied 5 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • gunther

    Member
    March 1, 2019 at 5:09 pm

    CETAC Cetrimonium chloride works as an emulsifier and it sharply drops viscosity.
    But you’d need to get rid of anionics like the SLES containing Lanette SX.

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