Guest guest Posted January 2, 2002 Report Share Posted January 2, 2002 Going thru some of my files and I came across this about Turkey Red Oil. The author is Trina from Snowdrift Farm HTH Heidi >Any ethoxylated oil will have dispersing qualities. >Ethoxylates are made by reacting partially saponified oil with ethylene oxide under the influence of a solid state platinum >catalyst. Sounds high tech, eh? The resulting oil is water dispersable, and carries oil into the water. Using only 5% and less of >Sunflower Seed Peg-10, you can make a fantastic water dispersable oil products such as dispersing bath oils, non-alcohol >body sprays, etc. Ethoxylated oils are also very useful when formulating things like bath melts and lotions. >On the other hand, Turkey Red oil is prepared by sulfating castor oil. Castor oil is unique from any other fixed oil in that is >contains free hydroxyl gropups in the fatty acids. These are reacted with sulphur dioxide under the influence of a catalyst and >then neutralized. Turkey Red is one of the original syndets (synthetic detergents) and is made using the same reaction as >sodium laurel sulfate. SLS is much more refined, though, than Turkey Red. Turkey Red has a VERY distinctive oder. >When used in leave-on products, ethoxylated oils do not irritate the skin. Turkey Red is an extreme skin irritant and shouldn't >be used in leave-ons. >Hope this helps, >Trina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2002 Report Share Posted January 2, 2002 Heidi and all, Thanks for the description from Trina. Now I am wondering....since it is made using the same reaction as sodium laurel sulfate, is it carcinogenic as I have heard about sodium laurel sulfate? sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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