DavidW
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Thanks Galina !!. Just so happens that I ordered a sample of that 2 days ago.
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Thank you all for your replies. I will try your suggestions.
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Thanks but I need the SD alcohol to solubilize Menthol and Camphor in the product. Customer is insisting he needs either Emu oil or Cetyl Myristoleate in there too as an anti-inflammatory. And they want it clear.
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Guess it depends on your definition of “disperse”. Also possible they are not listing everything and including something like hydrogenated castor oil or other emulsifier
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Just today I got a call from a company wanted me to make a supplement product with Chia oil and some other additives. Never heard of it before.
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That was fantastic. Congratulations Perry !!! And thanks for sharing.
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I checked and we use polysorabte 20 and Octoxynol 10, 2 parts of each to 1 tea tree. Just to be clear on this it is a total of 4 parts to 1 part tea tree.
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I have kept 30% solution in our lab for months (5,6,
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Tea Tree is a pain I have found. I think we use 3:1 each of NP 9 and triton X100. I’m not certain. IF you private message me I will give you my email and I can check in the morning
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Thanks you Perry for providing a great place for us all to ask and answer questions, for us all to keep learning from each other.
Happy & Healthy New Year To ALL !!!
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@nasrins Liquid Germall Plus 0.5% and you will be ok 99% of the time. But be careful the other 1% of the time.
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See if Mark @ http://www.microformulation.com/ can help you. He is very good.
Also BobZchemist may be able to help. Both are on the forum.
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Great, thank you so much Landmark !!!
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Thanks Bob, I’ll check
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Stephanie,
Sent you a private message on this board with my email address. We are contract manufacturers in Florida. Maybe we can help.
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Call Essential and speak with Mike Davies. He can help.
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I don’t know if it will work but I really like using Montanov L. It makes a nice looking cream and gives it a nice feel. Link below. Oh wait, sorry just saw you said gel. I’ll leave you info anyhow in case you or someone else can use for another project.
http://www.seppic.com/cosmetic/o/w-emulsifier/montanov-l-@/view-393-seproduit.html
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IF you are providing the formula there is no need for you to provide a target price. Just remember that you don’t always want to go with the lowest price. There are other important factors too.
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In this industry, especially in the South everyone like to play the penny game. Customers are trying to save 2 cents and manufacturers are trying to make an extra 3 cents. I hate that. Also if I quote a product of a formulation we made for a customer but based on a list of ingredients, I may end up quoting $0.85 a unit and another manufacturer $0.75. Why, because I made you a good formula and the other guy used way less of the “goodies” in the formula. Then without saying anything I lose a job solely based on price. IF a manufacturer knows more or less where you need to be then we can formulate to your financial needs.
Of course if you tell them you want to be under $2 a unit they will quote you $1.75 where as if you said nothing you may get a quote of $0.98. I don’t play those games though and people who do are crooks. We always try to give a fair price for the job being done.
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Depending on if your product is OTC or not it isn’t too expensive. Maybe around $200 or less.
The real question is, if you are providing them with a formula only and they are going to manufacture it why do they need a COA? We are contract manufacturers and when a customer gives us a formula to make we NEVER have requested a COA for the product. If the customer wants one then we provide it to them for a charge.
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Someone once told me if you use equal amounts of ALS & ALES irritantcy drops to near nothing.
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Can’t take out the fragrance, customer wants it.
No problem for us to work with the SF-1 in the shampoo and that sample is holding up well so far. Even with CETAC.What I should have done initially is given the customer a shampoo with EGDS and EGMS. Never had a problem with that but the quick pearl is so much easier (I thought) and doesn’t need heat.
Thank you all again for your thoughts on this.
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I appreciate everyone giving me their opinion. We are trying a few different things in the lab that we will be observing over the next few days/weeks. One as simple as adding carbomer in the form of Aqua SF-1 to the formulation. Another is taking out AOS 40 and using SLES but keeping all else the same as the original. Plus a few others. I’ll report back when I have any news.
Thanks again people, much appreciated.
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Make a low foaming wash to use