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  • Per Hour (or per day) cosmetic lab rental

    Posted by AVisotsky on March 14, 2019 at 6:13 pm

    Hello! Thinking to put together a small scale cosmetic lab (I’m in NorCal) and also make it available for rent on per day basis. Is this something folks could be interested in renting?

    AVisotsky replied 5 years ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  • AVisotsky

    Member
    March 29, 2019 at 7:58 pm

    So no takers?

  • EVchem

    Member
    April 1, 2019 at 12:48 pm

    I think it’s an interesting idea but would need some strategic development. Are you going to market it to cosmetic chemists only? Make it like a workshop where you teach others about emulsion science? Will you buy materials and keep stock-how will you charge for those costs?

  • AVisotsky

    Member
    April 1, 2019 at 10:36 pm

    Mostly thinking to approach it similar how commercial kitchens are set up: no materials but basic tools are provided. 

  • gunther

    Member
    April 2, 2019 at 6:28 pm

    EVchem said:

    I think it’s an interesting idea but would need some strategic development. Are you going to market it to cosmetic chemists only? Make it like a workshop where you teach others about emulsion science? Will you buy materials and keep stock-how will you charge for those costs?

    Agree, teaching complete courses looks better.

    Anyone can set up a starting cosmetic “lab” with $200 or less
    you’ll only need a scale, something to measure liquids (like graduated cylinders), a double boiler (even a beaker in a clean cooking pot on the stove works fine), a thermometer, a hand stirrer, a pH meter (some even use pH paper when starting up)
    and that’s about it. So nobody would waste time and money to travel to an existing lab  … unless courses are taught there.

    OTOH you can sell cosmetic lab kits online yourself
    so customers only have to buy all the above from a single place.

  • belassi

    Member
    April 2, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    My only worry would be “Heisenberg” turning up with the ingredients to make some blue crystals…

  • AVisotsky

    Member
    April 3, 2019 at 2:22 am

    Thanks, guys, valuable comments, food for thoughts!

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