Homemade SolBan
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@Cicero Excited to see how it goes, since SolBan is relatively expensive relative to the ingredients...
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Give me the recipe and I'll try it.
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@alfredoolivas I don't know, the current ingredient list just says "aspirin".
@revenant Going off the bottle...
niacinamide - 2.4 g
aspirin - 600 mg
caffeine - 600 mg
also succinic acid - 600 mg (if you're going for the current formulation)
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The formula on the IdeaLabs shop has salicylic acid inside instead of aspirin - 600mg per bottle, the same amounts. Maybe you can ask IdeaLabs support to clarify what is really inside that bottle. Salicylic acid power is much more soluble and really easy to source. -
Would it work to just mix the caffeine, niacinamide, salicycacid and succinic acid with water or do I have to use ethanol/vodka?
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I have tried this once, and in water the Salicylic acid will not dissolve. Once you use Ethanol it dissolves well.
In my test however, over night the Salicylic acid re crystallized. Maybe I did not use enough ethanol...I will try it again soon.
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Shouldn't you add zinc oxide?
I'm about to try making my own sunscreen, and I've just ordered zinc oxide for it. My research has shown me that it acts as a physical protection against both UVA and UVB.
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@AL Everything didn't disolve in vodka, I suspect it may be the salycicacid that didn't. Would it disolve better in ethanol perhaps?
The spray is refreshing though.
Where do you guys buy ethanol?
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@heyman Normal first aid kit alcool
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@heyman Is that undenatured?
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@heyman Hum, i looked it up, and I think it likely is... maybe i should not use it for cosmetics. Did not know about this.
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@AL I think I found something
I think it is undenatured ethanol. unvergaellt means undenatured according to google translate.
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H heyman referenced this topic
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So hard to disolve salycic acid, is it because I used vodka (too low %?) or why?
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@heyman what concentration did you dissolve salicylic acid in vodka
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@alfredoolivas 20cl vodka then added the powders then water
in a 100cl bottle
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@heyman If you don’t know what concentration is, you are not going to have much luck creating your own solutions. How much salicylic acid powder did you add?
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@alfredoolivas I copied the solban recipe
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@heyman So you didn’t weigh out the salicylic acid powder?
How can you follow the solban recipe if you don’t know how much you are adding ?
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@alfredoolivas Of course I measured everything duh
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@heyman then why aren’t you answering my questions ? Ive asked you 3 questions and you’ve answered none of them.
There’s plenty of reasons why your salicylic acid isn’t dissolving, I’m trying to understand why.
