vegetable oil thickener

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vegetable oil thickener

Posted by vjay on May 22, 2017 at 8:28 am

Hi everyone,

Good afternoon and have great day.

Currently i am working on Body Massage Gel which contains Natural Oil like Almond Oil, Olive Oil, Soybean Oil and i want to thicken this oil and convert into gel form.

If anybody knows about the natural oil thickener, It would be great.

My product is 100 % natural so i need only natural thickener

vjay replied 7 years, 6 months ago 7 Members · 15 Replies
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johnb

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May 22, 2017 at 8:37 am

What about beeswax or carnauba wax, candelilla wax and so on - there are several others.
vjay

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May 22, 2017 at 8:40 am

I want to develop Transparent Gel and all these waxes are not give the transparency
johnb

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May 22, 2017 at 8:59 am

Somewhat doubtful this is posssible using natural ingredients.
DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

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May 22, 2017 at 2:58 pm

ETHYL CELLULOSE may work
vjay

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May 22, 2017 at 4:53 pm

Ethyl cellulose will work with oil ?
I know that it will work with water
MakingSkincare

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May 22, 2017 at 5:20 pm

here are a few options - makigel ol, kraton G or kraton A, transgel, ethocel Std 100 premium, dextrin palmitate, oleocraft
MarkBroussard

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May 22, 2017 at 5:31 pm

Kester Wax K-60P

INCI Name: Polyhydroxystearic Acid
DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

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May 22, 2017 at 7:14 pm

@vjay—Yes—-When the degree of substitution of ethyl is between 0.7 and 1.7, Ethyl Cellulose is soluble in water; while it is higher than 1 .5, it is soluble in organic solvents. The DS value of Ethyl Cellulose produced in the U.S. Is between 2.2-2.6. The product is soluble in the mixed solvent of hydrocarbon and a lower alcohol, ketones, and ethers with low molecular weight.http://celluloseether.com/ethyl-cellulose/
ZivBA

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May 23, 2017 at 9:47 am

Dermofeel Viscolid is a natural oil thickener that creates soft and creamy oil gel textures. The powder material solidifies oils by building a crystalline-like structure with no influence on the sensorial profile of the oil.

I’ve copied it from Prospector.
johnb

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May 23, 2017 at 12:34 pm

Dermofeel Viscolid does not give transparent gels.
Chemist77

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May 23, 2017 at 1:38 pm

Ethocel STD 100 Premium or there are few from Ajinomoto, all these tho cost fortunes in the formulations.
DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

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May 23, 2017 at 9:05 pm

@vjay

I was originally thinking of Dow Ethocel.You can get different grades to customize your product.Note directional formulae in the bulletin http://msdssearch.dow.com/PublishedLiteratureDOWCOM/dh_004f/0901b8038004fb7c.pdf?filepath=/192-00818.pdf&fromPage=GetDoc
vjay

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May 24, 2017 at 10:40 am

Ajinomoto also i tried but they have only synthetic thickener not natural
Chemist77

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May 24, 2017 at 1:55 pm

Then Dr. Bob has suggested you the best solution, I have used it with our customers and the gel is really transparent. Try to use octyldodecanol as the main oil, strongly recommended.
vjay

Member
May 25, 2017 at 7:32 am

Thanks to all of you, i will source the materials and i will try

Kester Wax K-60P

INCI Name: Polyhydroxystearic Acid