To get started in car-shampoo making, you will need roughly P3,000 in initial capital. You will need it to purchase the ingredients, utensils, and
equipment listed below.
Raw Materials (prices may vary):
* 80 g Needle-type coconut fatty alcohol sulfate (CFAS), P129 per kg
* 840 g De-ionized water or distilled water, P20 per liter
* 30 g Coco diethanolamide (CDEA), P80 per 1/2 L
* 1 g Phenoxy ethanol, P550 per kg
* 2 g Ethyl alcohol, P130 per liter
* 10 g Emulsified carnauba wax, P250 per 250 ml
* Water-soluble dye, P23 per 125 g
* 4 g Fragrance, P375 per 120 ml
* 20 g Industrial salt, P10.25 per kg
Utensils and equipment:
* Mixing bowl, P500
* Plastic ladle, P35 to P50
* Funnel, P13
* Plastic jigger
* Weighing scale, P200
* 4 pcs. 250 ml-opaque bottles for packaging, P10 per piece
Here’s How
1. Pour the de-ionized water in the mixing bowl and heat on medium fire until it becomes steaming hot. With the use of a ladle, add and mix the CFAS
into the steaming water. Using the needle-type CFAS rather than the powder type is preferred to give the end-product a clearer texture. Powder CFAS is
usually used in making powder detergent; if used in liquid wash or shampoo, on the other hand, it would give the shampoo a cloudy texture.
When mixing the CFAS into the steaming hot water, stir slowly so the mixture does not bubble up. The appearance of a few bubbles is acceptable,
though.
2. With the CFAS thoroughly mixed in and with the mixture still steaming hot, turn off the fire and remove the mixing bowl from the stove. Make sure
that the CFAS is dissolved completely, then add to the mixture the CDEA, phenoxy ethanol, ethyl alcohol, emulsified carnauba wax, and the
fragrance—in that order. Before adding another ingredient into the mix, make sure to mix each ingredient thoroughly into the mixture. (Because very
few chemical shops sell emulsified carnauba wax, you may use plain carnauba wax instead; it sells for P500 per 1/2 kg.)
Set the mixture aside.
3. In a separate jigger, dissolve the water-soluble dye in water. The darker you want the shampoo to be, the more dye you should use. Once the dye is
completely dissolved, add and mix it into the mixture you were working on.
4. Add the industrial salt gradually. The industrial salt serves as a thickener. The consistency of the mixture must be slimy or a bit thick. When
suds start to form, it means that the thickening effect of the salt is taking place. Some 20 grams of industrial salt is enough to produce the right
consistency for this process. However, before pouring in the rest of the salt into the bowl, it is advisable that you dissolve first a little portion
of the salt—perhaps a pinch—into a small container holding the mixture. You have to dissolve a little portion of the salt into the mixture at a
time, and check the consistency. Dissolve another portion until you attain the right consistency.
Excessive salt will make the mixture thick for a while, but the consistency would eventually revert to its original state. If this happens, do not
throw away your mixture. Instead, make another bowl of mixture with the right consistency– slimy or a bit thick but not totally thick–using using
the right amount of industrial salt, then just gradually add some of the inaccurately measured mixtures.
Once you are through mixing all of the ingredients, let the car shampoo cool down. When it gets cool, pour the mixture–it is now a shampoo–into
the opaque bottles using a funnel. This recipe will fill four 250-ml bottles or two 500-ml bottles. The shelf-life of this product is two years.
What each ingredient does to your product?
* CDEA – foaming or suds booster
* Industrial salt – thickening agent, to make the product viscous
* CFAS – surfactant, the main cleaning agent
* Phenoxy ethanol – a preservative that is also used in cosmetics
* Carnauba wax – comes from the leaves of the carnauba palm. It is also use in cosmetics, polishing products, and baking.
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