[chrystad72]

oh that is a really interesting point! I never thought about usage rate for liquids but makes sense. Thanks for passing that info along. 

Now that Im thinking about it, in general would the ASM % affect the usage rate at all ? Im just curious now. Thanks again for the help!

[chrystad72]

Of course! For my original formula Ive been testing, Ive been using SCI 35% and SLSa at 30%. 

The new SCI I just bought states that the recommended useage rate is 3-20%. So could I just add the 15% to the SLSa? That would make the new totals

SCI: 20%
SLSa: 45%

Let me know if that clears it up a bit. I just was unprepared for the low useage rate on the new powered SCI that I bought so I need to reformulate a bit to account for this.

[chrystad72]

Gordof said:

just one additional hint. 

If you make a W/O emulsion it is good to incorporate the Conservation System into the Water Phase otherwise the phase that needs to be prevented from forming micro bacterial contamination will probably don’t have enough of the material incorporated. Later added “Waterphase” to a W/O emulsion will make new Droplets and therefore do not interact with the other water droplets in the system. if they would do your emulsion would not be stable and you would see coalescence and Phase separation. so you only will get the dissociation part into the water droplets and that can sometimes not be enough. You can Properly reduce conservation if you add it to the water phase directly.

PS optiphen Plus is very active within the Emulsifier layer and therefore can be Problematic for Stability.

Hello! I hope Im not derailing this thread too much but just wanted to ensure Im not misunderstanding this comment. Is the suggestion to add Optiphen into the water phase and then combine the oil phase? Apologies in advance if Im misunderstanding this. Thanks!