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Best gelling agent for gel foaming cleanser
Hello all, I want to ask about the best gelling agent for foaming gel cleanser filled in brush foam bottle pressure.
Note : My challenge is to make product easy to pump from brush foam bottle pressure any one faced this challenge and reach convinced results?
Base Formulation :
Water qsp
Monopropylene glycol 1%
Cocoamidopropylbetaine and alpha olefin sulfonate (40%) : 10-15%
Gelling agent : as needed
Citric acid : to reach adequat ph
PARFUM : 0.5%
Sensicare c1090: 1%
For gelling agents ( I tried a lot) I worked in general from 1% decreasing it to 0.5% to make pumping more easy and still looking for better result (easier pumping)
Just to know and share it depends a lot on the type of gelling agent so not a rule the thicker gel the harder pumping and this phenomenon seems litel bit strange why some thicker foaming gel are easier to pump then other thinner?
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6 Replies
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Yes, use acrylates copolymer with that surfactant combo. Synthalen W600 from 3V Sigma works well and is inexpensive too.
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Thanks a lot, actually there are a lot of acrylates copolymer do you recommend specific one “my dobt in carbopol Edt 2020”
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@chemicalmatt any other alternatives from sigma i could’nt find what you cited however i find a supplier that has some of sigma’s ingredients .
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I just take it as a standard foaming gel product and I would also suggest HPMC which is suitable for those kinds of formulations.
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No all cellulose are bad in pumping. The problem is not gelling I did with many gelling agent however almost are bad in pumping for brush foaming bottle pump.
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