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  Salt to thicken SLES blend

  Posted by Abdullah on June 25, 2020 at 8:33 am

  In a Shampoo with a blend of surfactants what is the minimum amount of SLES required to get thickened by salt?

  Available surfactants to blend are 
  SLES
  CAPB 
  Lauryl Glucoside
  Decyl glucoside
  Cocamide MEA
  Cocamide DEA

  Abdullah replied 5 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies

  • salt-surfactant-thickening
  • sles
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  ngarayeva001

  Member

  June 25, 2020 at 12:44 pm

  Can you source crothix? It solves problems with many of surfactants. PEG-150 distearate would be another option but it needs to be melted. Crothix is easier.

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  nikolatesla23

  Member

  June 25, 2020 at 2:42 pm

  @Abdullah, try to do a salt curve analysis. Sir Perry, the Admin of this forum, posted an detailed instructions on how to do it. Here is the link

  https://chemistscorner.com/salt-curve-analysis-how-to-control-cleansing-cosmetics/

  I followed it and was able to determine the desired amount of salt that I need. 

  Cheers Mate!

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  Abdullah

  Member

  June 26, 2020 at 2:42 am

  @ngarayeva001 no these two are not available

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  Abdullah

  Member

  June 26, 2020 at 2:49 am

  @nikolatesla23 yes that is good and easy But it will save a lot of time if some one knows the minimum amount of SLES that is needed to be thickened. 
  Because i want SLES be there just to thicken the product, other surfactants for foam and cleaning. 

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