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  fixing viscosity of conditioner

  Posted by marimaster_3991 on January 12, 2023 at 4:22 pm

  Hi, there! 

  I need to thicken the viscosity of my conditioner. Turns out that it is already finished… after scaling up the viscosity was not high enough. I surely will work on this formula again to fix that problem, but now I need to save this big batch first lol 

  What can I add in the finalized conditioner to increase its viscosity? 

  thankss 

  gbrizius replied 1 year, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies

  • conditioner
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  • low-viscosity-emulsion
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  OldPerry

  Member

  January 12, 2023 at 4:25 pm

  I suppose it depends on the formula. Ours was a cationic surfactant / fatty alcohol based formula. When viscosity was low we would reheat to about 65C, run it through a homogenizer for a while then cool it back down. Sometimes that increased the viscosity.

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  marimaster_3991

  Member

  January 12, 2023 at 5:28 pm

  So is mine! 
  Here’s the formula:

  water qsp
  sodium gluconate 0,15%
  polymine bha 1,5%
  lactic acid 0,5%
  glycerin 2%
  btms + cetearyl alcohol 4%
  cetearyl alcohol 2,5%
  CTAC 2,7%
  jojoba oil 2%
  coconut oil 3%
  shea butter 3%
  gms 1%
  dimethiconol + dimethicone 3%

  the thing is, i used to work with another ctac, pure grade almost, but i had to switch to a blend with ctac + alcohol and the viscosity already decreased a little bit for a batch with 100, 200 g. but now for 5 or 10 kg didn’t get the right visco

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  gbrizius

  Member

  January 14, 2023 at 10:28 pm

  Hydroxylpropyl starch phosphate can be blended into the finished conditioner to give it more thickness, although it takes 24 hours to reach its final viscosity

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