[Snowman]

Thanks to everybody for their input. I have alot to test out!

[Snowman]

@Bill_Toge Thanks! That certainly looks like an avenue worth pursuing. I started looking around for this and it appears to be very hard to find in Australia. It seems its also called 12-hydroxystearic? My searching turned up stearic acid which seems to be very easy to get, but looking at the makeup of it it appears marginally different. Are these 2 interchangeable by any chance?

[Snowman]

Sorry one additional question, in order to stabilize the product viscosity at a wider variety of temperatures, would the above suggestions help with that or will it increase viscosity at room temperate and still degrade (go thinner) as the temp increases? It seems my current formula is only “stable” at room temp. Would moving to a Oil/Water solution assist with this?

[Snowman]

Thanks to both @Belassi  and @Bill_Toge. I will do my best to track down these ingredients and give it a go. In the mean time i may try and experiment with some BeesWax and a few other things.

[Snowman]

Thank you for the input! Sounds like the first option is more of an “artificial bait” rather than a rub-on scent but certainly an interesting concept! Would a somehow diluted version of this achieve what i am after or is this only suitable for making a “solid”?

Interesting point about the beeswax, i do have some of that but havent tried it. Would that get me closer to a gel that is more temperature stable and a little stickier? Assuming i would also need to use a solubilizer in that to get it to disperse in water right?

Could you point me in the direction of these other viscosity modifiers?

Genuinely appreciate your help here!