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  • Mineral Oils

    Posted by Dtdang on November 19, 2020 at 4:34 pm

    I do not have experiences on mineral oils and vaseline. There are several types of mineral oils. Which one is good? 
    If you have experience or knowledge about mineral oils or vaseline, please share the knowledge with me before I place the order. 
    How do we recognize good mineral oils?

    Thanks in advance.

    amitvedakar replied 4 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
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  • ngarayeva001

    Member
    November 19, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    Just get it from a reasonable supplier. Regarding Vaseline, it’s not an ingredient, it’s a brand famous for packaging petrolatum for the end consumer. Calling petrolatum Vaseline is the same as calling photo copying machine Xerox. You can get a jar of Vaseline from Amazon and use it in your formula, it’s a pure petrolatum anyway (probably not the cheapest deal though).

  • Dtdang

    Member
    November 19, 2020 at 11:05 pm

    @ngarayeva001, thank you. 

    Just starting to learn about mineral oils and Vaseline that are from petroleum. Some studies indicate that they are very good for skin. Their value is more than natural oils. But, there are no guidance about how to select the mineral oils.
  • ngarayeva001

    Member
    November 19, 2020 at 11:21 pm

    You need USP grade white mineral oil. 

  • Dtdang

    Member
    November 20, 2020 at 1:13 am

    @ngarayeva001, thank you. 

  • amitvedakar

    Member
    November 20, 2020 at 5:09 am
    we use three types of petrolatum. White soft Paraffin (Solid), Heavy Liq. Paraffin, Light Liq. Paraffin.
  • Dtdang

    Member
    November 20, 2020 at 10:52 am

    @amitvedakar, Thank You So Much! 
    Which type of petrolatum is most effective?

  • amitvedakar

    Member
    November 21, 2020 at 7:00 am

    combination. also depend on your product.

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