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Dishwashing Liquid Curdling
Hi
My 50L batch of dishwashing Liquid has gone wrong. It came out Milky (Almost Paint like) and now when bottled has begun separating and curdling.
I have definitely added to much or to little of something.
Could I please ask for help as to why and what has caused this?
As well as what can I add to salvage the bad batch of Dishwashing liquid.Ingredients were:
Purified water - 43L
Caustic Flakes - 625g
Sulphonic acid - 4.7L
CDE - 1.35L
Dye - 25g
Fragrance - 50ml
Salt - 100g
EDTA - 50gThank you Kindly and I am thrilled to have become a member.
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2 Replies
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Check your pH. Adjust with Sodium Hydroxide (Caustic Soda) or LABSA (Sulphonic Acid) if necessary.Have you made this on a smaller scale before with no issue? If not it could also be an issue with the fragrance. -
By “Sulphonic acid” do you intend alkylbenzenesulfonic acid? If not then you have a curdled toilet bowl cleaner there. Likely cause is not enough caustic, your pH should be above 8.0 or this will happen every time. Loose the salt since it doesn’t do anything there without another builder. Finally, add a hydrotrope such as an amphoteric surfactant. You don’t need much: 5 - 8% w/w will do of a 35% solution. Also, what is “CDE”?
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