Cranberrycreek1
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Paprika, thank you for your response. Unfortunately I have tried this method and something about the decyl glucoside rejects the HEC - I have yet to come across a source that explains what about that particular surfactant is causing the issue.
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Thank you Abdullah!
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Abdullah, thank you for the recommendation. I am quickly finding Decyl Glucoside to be a pain to work with - is there some reason the decyl glucoside and cellulose derivative thickeners don’t work well together? Thank you for you time.
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Ah, okay - thank you kindly for that explanation
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Chemicalpyros - thank you for the response, I had thought about there being a threshold, but im only using the HEC at .5% - and the TDS that I’ve read through has said upto 3%.
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All references I’ve read have said it’s non-ionic, but I have employed heating the water while mixing with an overhead mixer for various lengths of time - when I made the gel first the gel was perfect and crystal clear, till I added the surfactant mix - then after setting and cooling HEC pooled at the top. Than you for your response! I have also tried to adjust the Ph up with 18% NaOH solution - that still yielded the same result with HEC floating to the top.