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• The answer to my old topic about Glycerine may help you.  chemicalmatt said:Glycerine is a polyol just as are diols (propylene glycol), which are all part of the alcohol family. All small-carbon chain alcohols decrease foam and viscosity. PEGs with …

  in Why do glycols reduce formulation viscosity? Comment by MapX April 22
• I think you should try divalent salts like magnesium sulfate to reduce the amount of salt used.

  in Is %3-4 NACL in shampoo bad? Comment by MapX April 2021
• I think you should raise a bit E-wax NF to 3,5 - 4% and combine with 1 polymer like xanthan gum or carbomer (0,2 - 0,5%) for improving stability of water phase.

  in Lotion Stability Issues Comment by MapX March 2021
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I found the instruction for Poly Suga Mulse D9. Hope this can help you.

  in What Is the best chemical that can become FOAMY and is an emilsifier for Oil with Water? Comment by MapX January 2021
• I used it in eye drops and liquid (pharmaceutical product) for increasing solubility of preservatives or oil-soluble vitamins . pH 4-6 or 6-8 and never observed discoloration (in transparent eye drops).

  in Best solubiliser for toner Comment by MapX January 2021
• Thank you @chemicalmatt. If glycerin competing with long chain surfactant, i can still use it in low concentration (maybe 1-2%) for pre-mix with gum, is that right?  For 2nd question, I realized conditioning agents have many classes : occlusion, sil…

  in Why does Glycerin reduce viscosity of shampoos? Comment by MapX January 2021
• We use  PEG-40 Hydrogenated castor oil (Acrysol K140 or Eumulgin CO40) as the alternative for Polysorbate 80. But IMO, almost the solubilizer will produce foam if they are surfactant. 

  in Best solubiliser for toner Comment by MapX January 2021
• It has the commercial name is Dehyquart F75T or Varisoft EQ75MB, combined with Cetearyl alcohol.

  in What kind of ingredient is Distearoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate? Comment by MapX December 2020
• You can try Euperlan PK 711 Benz if do not mind Cocamide MEA in your formula. It works well with cold-process.

  in What is Wrong?? Comment by MapX December 2020
• You can try with Euperlan from BASF.

  in Cold process opacifier for Shampoo Comment by MapX October 2020
• @Herbnerd. A kitchenaid mixer is exactly what i need !!!. I never think about this before. Thank you so much.  I work in a small company main focus on health supplement, so a Silverson mixer or somthing like that for cosmetic R&D only in my drea…

  in Formulation for clear gel toothpaste. Comment by MapX October 2020
• @Herbnerd Thank you for your advice. I will try add Carbopol and Sodium CMC in glycerol. @ketchito Thank you. I read this article and another about dispersion Carbopol, but my lab dont have enough equipment. I just have magnetic stirrers, this very…

  in Formulation for clear gel toothpaste. Comment by MapX October 2020
• You need another neutralizer. TEA - carbomer salt will be precipipated out when alcohol concentration above 60%. This link can help you  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&…

  in Problem while making alchohol based Hand Senitizer Comment by MapX July 2020
• @MariaZ You can search Alcoholometric Tablet in US Pharmacopoeia for your calculation. http://www.uspbpep.com/usp31/v31261/usp31nf26s1_m6o00100.asp

  in Determining how much %w/w of 96,25% ethanol is needed for an 80% v/v solution Comment by MapX July 2020
• @Abdullah You search this in ULprospector. (Image)

  in Dissolving High SLES %70 Comment by MapX June 2020
• You can dissolve with hot water (approx 80°C) or in a saturated salt solution if you use salt as a thickening agent.

  in Dissolving High SLES %70 Comment by MapX June 2020
• You can dissolve PEG - 150 Distearate in hot water (approx 70 - 80°C) with slow mixing to avoid bubbles. Just dissolve it alone, you can add to your SLES before mix with CAPB. And what is percentage of PEG - 150 you are using?

  in work with PEG-150 Distearate Comment by MapX April 2020