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substitute solvent instead of butyl glycol
Hi everyone,
I am using %25 butyl glycol in my product to solve SLES 70 %50 by weight,
Due to the sharp increase in butyl glycol prices I am in need of another solvent, I used IPA but it reduced the foam in the final product and smells very bad. I don’t want foam to disintegrate, need a stiff foam at the final product.
Need your advices
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6 Replies
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Using 25% butylene gycol for anything gives one pause. Are you saying you need the glycol to dissolve/disperse that much SLES-2? Yeesh! Not much foam to be had there I suspect. Have you tried using PEG-6 or PEG-8? Those will do the job better. Another thing: all chemical prices are increasing everywhere. Butylene glycol is not being price-raised in isolation.
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@chemicalmatt what does peg-6 and peg-8 do?
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@Abdullah PEGs will aid in solvation without affecting foaming or viscosity build of the SLES. Glycols will quench foaming and make viscosity build nearly impossible.
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@chemicalmatt thanks
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@chemicalmatt Thanks for your suggestions, actually I cannot easily find PEG-6 or PEG-8, Can I use any PEG like PEG-400,600 etc?
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PEG-6 is PEG-300.PEG-8 is PEG-400.PEG-600 is PEG-12.
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