• Formulating

  Hand sanitizer

  Posted by Anonymous on June 16, 2020 at 1:54 pm

  I made hand sanitizer with the materials below

  Ethanol
  Glycerine
  Chloroxylenol 
  Distilled water
  Vitamin E
  Perfume

  But after mixing the above materials, 
  the solution is watering.
  Please what can I add to make it tick. Thanks

  rathsmee replied 4 years, 10 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  rathsmee

  Member

  June 17, 2020 at 6:45 pm

  Hi Teejamz, 

  You need a polymer thickener such as carbomer to make a gel. Here is an example formulation from Happi.

  https://www.happi.com/contents/view_formulary/2009-07-01/hand-sanitizing-gel/ 

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