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Increasing hair gel viscosity
Posted by Fekher on February 16, 2019 at 9:25 pmhi friends , whats is the best ingredient to have important increasement of gel’s viscosity without increasing the level of carbomer and preserving gel texture ( without using ceteareth) ?
i’am thinking about peg but i did not find any reference for best one or is there any other solution ?
@Perry @Chemist77 @Dirtnap1 @DoreenFekher replied 5 years, 8 months ago 8 Members · 15 Replies -
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I wouldn’t know of a way to increase gel viscosity and keep the same texture besides raising the level of carbomer, I’m afraid. Perhaps other members can be of assistance to you.
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@Chemist77 @Doreen actually elegance gel have great viscosity that soo difficult to reach it with only carbomer same for few other gels the commun point is they are all containing : castor oil or peg 40 castor oil.
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Fixate Plus (Lubrizol) will thicken the base when properly pH’ed. Along with carbomer, should thicken to where you can stand a spoon in the solution.
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Will depend a lot on desired thickness and clarity. So you would have to play with it. >6 less clarity but a bit more hold. <6 more clarity, slightly less hold.
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What carbomer are you using from Lubrizol? They have a wide variety of carbomers, and most likely they offer something with higher viscosity. For example carbopol 980 NF should give very high viscosity gels.
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Have you considered the POLYOX Water Soluble Resins from Dow.Unfortunately I have only trialled them in non cosmetic applications so I can’t really help with which ones might be suitable but your Dow rep should be able to help.
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@ngarayeva001 thanks for the help and this curve have a plus about carbomer and viscosity but i have always problem of access .
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@em88 actually no precise value but a viscosity near to elegance gel ( lit bit higher) .
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