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TEA replacement
I have a colored brow gel formula that my customer is needing us to replace the triethanolamine in. It is in at a .2%. I have water, methocel, xanthan gum, PVP, glycerin, Vitamin E and BHT in the formula. The TEA helps with the PH but it really brings the whole formula together and makes it nice and smooth. What can we use to replace this with that would be about the same percenatge.
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Tromethamine (TRISamino from Angus Chemical) Use 80% of the amount calculated for TEA99%. Especially if you are formulating with stearic acid/TEA in lotions & creams.
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in my formula we have the TEA 99% at .2% so just to be clear, I would need to use .16% of the tromethamine in it’s place? Will this work in the same way as the TEA? Bringing everything together smoothly and also helping with the PH?
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Your mathematics are correct. This will incease pH - guaranteed. Now there’s one way to find out the answer to your other question: try it and find out.
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Another one you might want to use is a solution of Sodium Hydroxide or Potassium Hydroxide. Dosage almost the same to thicken your formula
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try sodium hydroxide, Its use is almost the same as TEA
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