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  • cellulose thickener grades

    Posted by Abdullah on April 23, 2020 at 4:30 am

    I want to purchase cellulose thickener from China the one with high viscosity 100k, 200k mpa.s. they say it is used for construction and laundry detergent but don’t know about it’s use in Shampoo.
    Can we use that in Shampoo too? 
    Is there any difference between cosmetic grade and industry grade cellulose?

    I refer to these 3 celluloses
    Hydroxyethylcellulose
    Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
    hydroxyethylMethyl cellulose

    amitvedakar replied 4 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Sponge

    Member
    April 23, 2020 at 5:30 am

    Yes, the different grades serve a purpose. I would not use non-cosmetic grade cellulosics.  

    I would also be wary of purchasing ingredients through DHgate and the like as they’re often known to include fillers, disingenuous products and contaminants. 
  • Farrukh

    Member
    May 8, 2020 at 3:11 am

    I use HEC in liquid detergent and shampoo

  • Abdullah

    Member
    May 8, 2020 at 5:42 am

    @Sponge @Farrukh thanks

  • Oladoo

    Member
    May 9, 2020 at 5:19 am

    May I ask at what percentage you use HEC in shampoo? @Farrukh

  • amitvedakar

    Member
    May 9, 2020 at 6:25 am

    HEC 250 HHX

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