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  Posted by Anonymous on August 5, 2015 at 4:10 am

  Has anyone had any experiences with using potassium sorbate or absorbic acid as shampoo preservatives either? I’m making an all natural shampoo and want to avoid parabens.

  luiscuevasii replied 8 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  belassi

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  August 5, 2015 at 6:47 am

  potassium sorbate works fine. Keep the pH around 5 - 5.2

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  Bobzchemist

  Member

  August 5, 2015 at 7:04 pm

  And yet another blow is struck for the anti-science crowd…

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  georgetedder

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  August 6, 2015 at 12:25 am

  @bobzchemist - hope I’m not too insensitive, but that comment LITERALLY made me “LOL”

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  Bobzchemist

  Member

  August 6, 2015 at 3:00 am

  I’m perfectly fine if someone says “my customers don’t want to buy anything using parabens” - I’m in that exact situation at work myself -  but please, the “parabens are bad” claims have been thoroughly debunked.

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  luiscuevasii

  Member

  August 6, 2015 at 3:48 am

  I think you could use sodium benzoate as well. Just be careful of the ph.

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