Question

Formula for Cold Cream:
Cetyl Esters Wax 12.5 parts
White Wax 10.9
Mineral Oil 56.0 parts
Sodium Borate 0.5 parts
Purified Water 19 parts

How much White Wax (in grams) is required to make 1.8 pound(s) of cold cream?

Answer 1

WHITE WAX part - 10.9

cold cream final weight - 1.8 pound

so, 10.9 % of 1.8 pound

-------> 10. 9 * 1.8/100

---------> 0.19 pound'

------> 86.18gm

86.18gm of white wax is needed

method of preparation

• weigh the solid component
• reduce white wax and cetyl wax into small parts
• melt both wax in beaker using hot plate
• add mineral oil and heat it till temprature reach 70 c
• dissolve sodium borate in purified water and warm it till 70 c
• mix both solution
• remove it from hot plate, stir it, mix it properly
• pack in jar