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  Hand wash gone wrong - why?

  Posted by Merylin on March 16, 2020 at 12:43 pm

  Hello!

  I’m trying to formulate handwash:
  5.5% sodium coco-sulfate
  1% Coco-glucoside and glyceryl oleate
  1% Xanthan gum
  0.5% Sodium Benzoate and 
  1% Citric acid (50% solution)

  It looks fine after a few days.( pH is 5.00) But the problem is that, after a few weeks the solutions has become cloudy and there are lot of white pieces in it - like some salt has appeared all of a sudden. Are some ingredients incompatible? Does anyone have a clue?

  Merylin replied 4 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies

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  OldPerry

  Member

  March 16, 2020 at 12:50 pm

  Did you do a preservative / microbial test?  It could be microbial contamination.

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  Merylin

  Member

  March 16, 2020 at 2:41 pm

  Preservative description remained incomplete - I’m using Sodium benzoate and Potassium sorbate blend. 

  @ Perry No, I haven’t made a microbial test. I’m gonna do it right now!  Thank you for the tip.

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  Bill_Toge

  Member

  March 17, 2020 at 1:13 am

  what’s the pH?

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  Merylin

  Member

  March 17, 2020 at 7:15 am

  @Bill_Toge pH is 5, even after the white pieces appeared.

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