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CDEA and SLES optimum ratio
I have read that the best ratio is 2 to 1 CDEA/SLES but i couldn’t understand the reason .
could anyone explain it if possible -
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Where did you read that?
I think good ratio is 1:10 DEA: SLES
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as a mixture of surfactants in laundry detergent. CDEA is cocoamide DEA , it is another surfactant.
why would it be 1:10 ?
Just making sure we are discussing the same ingredients.
Thank you @Abdullah -
Yeah we are discussing the same ingredient.
Because it works better at this ratio than what you said in shampoo.
What is the product?
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it is a liquid laundry detergent and the SLES im using is 70% @Abdullah
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Aahh
I don’t know much about laundry then -
rima said:I have read that the best ratio is 2 to 1 CDEA/SLES but i couldn’t understand the reason .
could anyone explain it if possible@rima Perhaps the ratio is backwards. You usually need the most surface active molecule to be in higher amounts, and that one is SLES. Nevertheless, for practical and economical reasons (SLES is cheaper than CDEA), it’s better to have an even higher ratio, like SLES:CDEA 4:1 or 5:1 (as actives). Now, in laundry detergents it’s actually better to use a mixture of LABS/SLES since that’s a more synergistic (and economic) mixture. You’ll see in that mixture that LABS is more surface active than SLES, and that’s one of the reasons it goes in higher amounts.
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