Thinning dishwash liquid

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Thinning dishwash liquid

Posted by Bimsmide on October 4, 2014 at 11:41 am

Hello Everyone,
I just made a dishwash that is too thick because I added too much hydrotrope. I will appreciate any idea on how to thin it without water.

Thank you.

OldPerry replied 9 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 12 Replies
12 Replies

Chemist77

Member
October 4, 2014 at 11:44 am

I did that with a little amount of DPG, worked well.
Bimsmide

Member
October 5, 2014 at 1:38 am

Thank you @milli. DPG is dipropylene glycol, right?
Chemist77

Member
October 5, 2014 at 2:28 am

Yes it is indeed!!!!
Bimsmide

Member
October 6, 2014 at 7:30 am

@milli: thank you very much DPG turns it around.
Chemist77

Member
October 6, 2014 at 7:49 am

I really appreciate the feedback though there are few souls here who would just take off after asking for pointers and suggestions. Bless them.

Cheers
Anonymous

Guest
October 6, 2014 at 12:08 pm

Milli , will definitely try DPG too.
Bimsmide

Member
October 9, 2014 at 4:00 pm

All in all, in a SLES/Betaine system there is no need for thickener.
Am I right?
OldPerry

Member
October 9, 2014 at 4:51 pm

@Bimsmide - If you adjust the salt to the proper level then no, you don’t need an additional thickener
Bimsmide

Member
October 10, 2014 at 7:28 am

@perry, how can I measure the proper level of salt (e.g NaCl) in 100L soap? I will appreciate an idea.

Thank you.
Chemist77

Member
October 10, 2014 at 9:04 am

Try to optimize at lab level and then scale up. How about starting with a kg of sample and study its salt curve, this would give you an idea of how much you would need for 100 L.
Bimsmide

Member
October 10, 2014 at 11:45 am

@milli, thank so much. Sure to try that and revert.
If you wouldn’t mind I will like to your email, this mime(soloolaotan4u@yahoo.com)
OldPerry

Member
October 16, 2014 at 3:50 pm

@Bimsmide - you figure out the proper level by doing a salt curve analysis on your system. See this post on how to do a salt curve analysis.

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