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Alcohol based liquid sanitizer discoloration
After production of 70 % isopropyl sanitizer liquid ( blue color ) it turned to colorless liquid .
Any recommendations?70 % alcohol of ( 90% isopropyl alcohol 10% ethyl alcohol) ,
monoprobelen glycol , blue colour , water is the other ingredients.
also i had found a white or colorless residuals ( sedimentation ) in the bottles of discolored batch .After adding color to each bottle to test it turned to colorless again !!!Thanks for helping -
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Obviously whatever you are using to color this product is not compatible with alcohol. What is the exact ingredient? Also, you can get rid of it, sanitizers don’t need color.
Lastly, your sanitizer is not 70% alcohol, it’s 63%. You need 77.8% v/v of 90% v/v IPA in your formula for a final concentration of 70%. -
90 % isopropyl alcohol 9% ethanol ( total 99 % alcohol)
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Try using Benzophenone 4- 0.05% for color protection.
Check the final pH of your product, most pigments are pH sensitive.
I’ve put the Blue NO 1 in pH=9.50, it turned Purple after 12 hours.
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To add to ZivBA’s comment, make sure you test the pH of your blue solution in water and make any pH adjustments before adding to the alcohol - alcohols at such a high percentage will not give you an accurate pH reading.
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@bahey ah my bad, I didn’t see the other 10% was ethanol.
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letsalcido said:@bahey ah my bad, I didn’t see the other 10% was ethanol.
Ok , Thanks
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klangridge said:To add to ZivBA’s comment, make sure you test the pH of your blue solution in water and make any pH adjustments before adding to the alcohol - alcohols at such a high percentage will not give you an accurate pH reading.klangridge said:To add to ZivBA’s comment, make sure you test the pH of your blue solution in water and make any pH adjustments before adding to the alcohol - alcohols at such a high percentage will not give you an accurate pH reading.
I will check colour dye PH
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ZivBA said:
Try using Benzophenone 4- 0.05% for color protection.
Check the final pH of your product, most pigments are pH sensitive.
I’ve put the Blue NO 1 in pH=9.50, it turned Purple after 12 hours.
I am thinking what will cause very high or very low ph value ?
It’s alcohol and water almost no other ingredients .
it’s not a color change it’s discoloration .
i only change the source of alcohol, the other batches didn’t change the color -
It’s possible if you’ve only seen this happen with a new batch of alcohol that they’ve added a denaturant that is in some way incompatible with your colouring
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same problem i am facing. color: Brilliant blue.I think blue color is not compatible. -
LincsChemist said:It’s possible if you’ve only seen this happen with a new batch of alcohol that they’ve added a denaturant that is in some way incompatible with your colouring
Yes ,may be
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amitvedakar said:same problem i am facing. color: Brilliant blue.I think blue color is not compatible.
Strange
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I have used a green color mix for my Apple scented alcohol sanitizer and it contains Blue no 1. There has been no color change whatsoever.
I am using 70% EtOH (Drinking quality, not denatured). The batch is from March and no issues whatsoever.
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What’s the probabilities of this discoloring,
first time to be happened, i use the same color from a while ,
the only new factor is the source of Alcohol.it is isopropyl alcohol by the way -
Still trying to solve the problem
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Use Methylene blue.
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I think IPA purity matter.
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You have not identified the exact blue color you are using.
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As said what are the specifications of the blue? & your pH! WHO also states no colour but that’s up to you. Good luck!
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Also I prefer ethanol all the way!
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I am wondering too ! The formula has a white strange sediments?
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