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Help with Hand Sanitizer!
So I’ve come up with an idea to put beads into my hand sanitizer but I don’t know how to deal with these beads. The beads are still hard even after I put them into my hand sanitizer. Should I soak them first in water for about an hour or more before putting them in my hand sanitizer? They should dissolve when I rub them.
Also, should I use carbomer for suspending them? Cause they are just settling. Im using HEC.
The beads are made of Cellulose, Mannitol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose. Thanks !
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6 Replies
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Carbomer is best for suspension (even suspends air in water).Try soaking in hydro-alcoholic solution but an hour sounds long so do 15 minute intervals and test for slight softening before adding to sanitizer which I presume is alcohol based.
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@DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ yes it is alcohol based. At what ratio of hydro-alcoholic solution?
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63% Ethanol will be a standard dosage, NO HEC and as Dr. Bob says use Carbober instead. Also check with your supplier about the nature of beads, I never had to pre soak them.
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is it likely that these beads are designed to be hard initially and then soften once in the product. This will allow time to fill the product without destroying the bead structure.
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Update: Soaked beads in water-ethanol solution for about 2 hrs. Still hard but it will brittle once rub…. but still hard. Maybe I should soak them longer.
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@Lainee what is the name of the beads? can you contact the distributor for technical info? The beads might be hardening due to the alcohol, are they hard in a regular hand soap?
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