EDTA/carbomer mistake

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Hi folks,

need some advice here. I've managed to get

myself into a potential pickle

I made some stock gel solution using 2% carbomer,

1% germaben II, and managed to make my first

mistake with the amount of tetrasodium EDTA... My

digital scale had a fit & I think I ended up

adding .4% instead of the recommend .1% I've seen

elsewhere. Then, instead of dissolving the EDTA

(I think I forgot to put my brain in this

morning!), I added it straight to the

carbomer/water mixture.

Now, is this stuff still useable? I was planning

on using this stuff in a 50% stock gel solution to

50% water when I expermented with gel

formulations...

an interesting side effect is that this stock gel

solution gives off shocks!

(Hmmm, electric gel?

If I add 50% warm water, will this properly

dissolve the EDTA?

Not sure what to do here... sigh.

thanks for any advice!

cheers,

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