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Do well to share with us your challenges and successes in production of soaps, detergents and Surfactants.

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If a soap fragrance is too strong and lasting chances are it is made with synthetic ester. If soap is so beautiful in colour, chances are that it is made with heavy metals.

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GAUGING SILICATE WITH HYDROMETERI use two types of hydrometer in my quality control practice. The light and heavy.Hydrom...
02/09/2025

GAUGING SILICATE WITH HYDROMETER

I use two types of hydrometer in my quality control practice. The light and heavy.

Hydrometer used in to check concentration of caustic soda and soda ash are heavy type.

I use the light type to gauge the specific gravity of crude oil (petroleum), petrol, kerosine, and diesel.

Many chemical sellers adulterate sodium silicate by adding more water. This will create problem in soap, detergent powder, and syndet bar.

To gauge the level of silicate use light hydrometer. It should gauge at 40° to 50° Baume or above. Below this value indicates high level of dilution.

This is light range hydrometer. It reads specific gravity and baume
02/09/2025

This is light range hydrometer. It reads specific gravity and baume

02/09/2025

PRODUCTION OF SULPHONIC ACID

Let me share things about sulphonic acid that would be of importance to your business.

Sulphonic acid is known by many names: LABSA (Linear Alkylbenesulphonic Acid), Linear dodecylbenzene sulphonic acid, LAS, Acid slurry etc.

Many say to produce sulphonic acid use the following:

1. Linear alkyl benzene sulphonate.
2. Sulpuric acid.

The above formulation is absolutely not correct. You use sulphonic acid to produce alkyl benzene sulphonate and not the other way round.

Reacting sulphonic acid with caustic soda gives a neutral product called alkyl benzene sulphonate. The reaction is exothermic (generates heat).

Formulation for sulphonic acid is:

1. Alkyl benzene (not sulphonate).
2. Sulphuric acid.

This is the closest means of producing sulphonic acid on the bench, perhaps for academic purpose.

In producing sulphonic acid acid factories use:

1. Benzene + alkyl (mostly C10 to C13). They do not buy this. They produce the alkyl from fractionating kerosene. This is the most profitable route.
2. Sulphur dioxide. Factories use sulphur dioxide not sulpuric acid to produce sulphonic acid. It will be unprofitable using sulphuric acid. Sulphur dioxide is raw material for making sulphuric acid. You cannot use finished products to make a product. You rather go for the primitive raw materials.

To use sulphonic acid in production of powder detergent, sludge/oil spill dispersant, rig wash, hair shampoo, car wash, liquid detergent etc you must properly neutralize it with calculated volume and concentration of alkali.

NANSA YS 94 brand of surfactant is neutralized sulphonic acid that has been dried.

Also note that many chemical vendors adulterate sulphonic acid by adding large amount of sulphuric acid. This gives a low grade surfactant that will not have high grease cutting power. Sulphonic acid is supposed to be at least 96% pure.

02/09/2025

For those of us who are into or interested in the production of organic skin care products, I advice you have a garden or portion of land and grow aloe vera.

I can guide you on how to plant and care for it.

When it attains maturity after about 3 and 1/2 years you can now harvest.

1. You can either dry (not under the sun), crush the dried leaves into powder and store in airtight containers (glass, plastic, ceramic).

OR

2. Collect gel from the fresh leaves to make Aloe Vera Gel Base.

Aloe vera gel base can be sold to pharmaceuticals and those in the cosmetic industry.

Aloe Vera gel base is added in the formulation of a wide.range of products such as tooth paste, creams, balms, soaps, oils, and other skincare products.

You may go further to make Aloe Vera Gel from the Gel Base.

Take a step out of the box.
Good luck.

02/09/2025

ISSUES IN FABRIC CONDITIONER, SOFTENER

The flakes is just an emul sifier and thickener. It is not softening as claimed by formulators. You can use anything like Cetyl alcohol, E-wax, P-wax, Croda wax. That is flakes.

The conditoner is what is doing the conditioning. This is same chemical used in hair conditioner. You can buy conditioning oil or dehyquart A. That is the name of the chemical.

Perfume is also one key thing customers look out for in fabric conditioner. Use as much as you can if they can pay. For this 25litres production you can add 200 ml of perfume or 300 ml. Combine nice fragrances like Vanilla, Banana, Tangerine, Orange, Pineapple, Apple. You can combine three.

Remember to add preservative.

Use sodium benzoate. You can add 125g in the 25 litre production.

02/09/2025

THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT INSECTICIDES AND PEST CONTROL CHEMICALS

We have well formulated chemicals for effectively killing of mosquitoes, lizards, snakes, bedbugs, millipede and centipede, coackroaches, tick and lice, weevil, ant etc.

A good pesticide must have broadbase activity on pests - kill by contact, stomach acting, pe*******on of nervous system, cell deactivation and effect on respiratory system.

The following are to be noted about pest control chemicals:

1. All that kill insects and pests can kill human beings. Caution is absolutely demanded. Engage chemical experts only.
2. Always cover all food items before applying these chemicals.
3. Vacate atmosphere that these chemicals have been applied for at least 6 hours.
4. Do not use these chemicals frequently. Once a month is too much. Always opt for a clean environment. Clear bushes around you and use mosquito net.
5. Never treat box of clothes for babies with insecticides - not even camphor. Pregnant women should completely avoid pest chemicals environment.
6. An accommodation or office that has been fumigated should be cleaned and sanitized before re-entry.
7. Every insecticide and pest control you buy in the market, shops and roadside hoakers are extremely dangerous chemicals (including the ones we formulate) - the most effective, the most dangerous. Always heed to safety warning.
8. Be careful of candles that kill insects.
9. Most solid air fresheners have BTEX group of chemicals. This doesn't look good on your system over a long time. Go for ester based (perfume) air fresheners.
10. Wash your food items thoroughly - rice, beans, fruits - as all of them might have been treated with these chemicals.

02/09/2025

THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT COLOURS IN COSMETICS

Colours are added to beautify cosmetics and make them sensually appealing to customers. Colours can be natural or synthetic. A good grabs of colour dynamics determine the level of your competence in cosmetic formulation. I will be sharing a useful hints on colours in cosmetics, without bothering you with much of colour chemistry:

1. Colours of your product change due to pH of the product. Too much caustic soda in soap and detergent will change colour of your product. Too little caustic soda in liquid detergent that has sulphonic acid will affect colour as well.
2. Invest in cosmetics with natural colours. I insist on my students avoiding synthetic colours in Organic African Black Soap formulation - we go all natural.
3. For a well formulated soap with adequate alkali to oil ratio, the only ingredient that will likely cause allergy is colour (and perfumes). Most synthetic colours are responsible for dermatitis and organ/reproductive malfunction and failure.
4. Avoid synthetic colours derived from heavy metals like lead, cadmium in your cosmetic formulation.
5. Natural colours for cosmetics can be obtained from plants (leaf, seed, root and bark), animals and microbes.
6. Test to confirm if your colour is soluble in water or oil before diluting for application.
7. Most natural colours are a great source of vitamins - lycopene, carotenoid embedded colours.

02/09/2025

SOAP PACKAGING

by iCalist Production

Cost of sticker - The cost of printing each sticker from 1000pc cost N10- N16, price also also depends on the shape,size of sticker and quantity ( It can go more lower than that just like normal cylinder printing). You can print sticker in a printing company, best you go to large firm with advanced equipment ,it is more cheaper. Surulere and mushin in Lagos has a clustered of printing companies . you can get as low as N5 from my last inquiry .

Cost of Nylon - Got mine last year N2200 per roll ,it comes in different thickness (micron) and sizes . It is also doubled in rolled not single layer. You can also get it cheaper from direct Nylon company at N1800 or less ,depends on the quantity. Each roll can package up to 400pc or more depends on the size of your soap.

Buying from direct Nylon company gives you more advantage in price and they can also die- cut it in pieces for you. You can as well choose the micron (thickness you want)

Sealing/adhesives- You seal it the way the likes of big brand like joy, premier etc with adhesives for nylon...you can get it cheap in mushin ,lagos. You can also use super glue the N100 size can glue more than 50pc.

Labor- I pay the worker N1000- N1500 per day depends on the quantity .

Is it cost effective? Yes! I don't know of big soap maker but for small and medium scale,it is fast and cost friendly. I spent less than N20 because it was my first time then, I will be spending lesser than that for next batch.

Same goes for the Laundry bar,I will post that when I am free, almost same process but it has alternatives, you can buy 3 sides sealed pouch that looks like popular packaging Laundry bar nylon,you will just put sticker and seal one side with same glue. This one looks even more like cylinder printed nylon. The cost is between N3.8 and N5 from 10,000pc and much cheaper with higher quantity. The big advantage is that,it has been sealed three sides ,just fix soap and do final sealing.

You can eliminate electricity . Also, you can use BOPP material or plain laminate
( e.g canoe nylon ,bread nylon or viva type of nylon materials ) ,the price are different with about N1.5

Please note that the prices I mentioned above are subject to change in different company o.

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