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Deodorant Stick with Sodium Stearate and Zemea Propanediol
Hello Everyone,
I’m trying to make a deodorant stick where I use Zemea Propanediol at 56.77%, Sodium Stearate at 10% and Water at 15%. I can’t use Propylene Glycol/Butylene Glycol in this formula due to claims.I heated up Zemea Propanediol and Sodium Stearate to 95C and I can’t get a clear mixture… I didn’t add water as I wanted to avoid water loss. Does water should be purified? Or should I heat Zemea and water and add sodium stearate slowly with constant stirring/ heating? I’m confused about what is going wrong… -
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Celeste7878: Just wondering did you solved problem?
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@Ying Celeste should have gone ahead and slowly added the water - and more of it - to obtain the translucent solid stick formation. That stearate-diol system requires water to solvate (“activate”) and will not work without it.
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Thank you!
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