sodium laureth either sulphate - question

[33.3 Watts]

Has anyone used this as a surfactant? I used dawn and it is a mess.. cloudy as can be. I have some wax mixed up, it is prepared so that I will need to add a minor amount of Epsom salt to get the lamp to run. Just wondering how strong the sles is, how much do you dilute it? Can you actually control the amount of surface tension, or do you add sles, then weigh down your water?


Thanks!

[Claude J]

dawn is good as a first clean of the globe.'

It cut grease and wax residue

also works well for cleaning coils

Not good for much else, although even if you had left some in, it does not cloud your globe. You have something else Going on there.

Surf is just for cutting surface tension and letting you change the properties of the goo from bubbles to stringie goo

and,..

You should use a solution of it for coating the inside of the globe, prior to adding the heated wax so it doesn't stick to the sides

Toss out the epson salt idea, if you want cloudy fluid, then use it

if you want to change specific gravity (and you need to unless your using a goo kit), use propelyne glycol

it should be @ a 60/40 or 70/30 mix depending on the vintage of the goo your using

[33.3 Watts]

Thank you for your response! I do have propalene glycol that I will use for the final mix.. I'm just getting started on the quest of balancing. I don't want to burn up a bunch of pg getting the wax right. I'm good at calculating the numbers on paper, just starting real world tests. The Epsom salt is actually very clear in the short term as far as I can tell, but maybe once surfactant is added, it clouds up, not sure, haven't tried anything but dawn and it clouds after adding dawn.

[Claude J]

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Make sure you reach at least 125degF between each amount of Propelyne glycol you add, so you can get an accurate reading on flotation

and start over,(Sounds like something else is contaminating the mix)  dump fluid, save wax, wash globe with dawn, add surf coating, add wax,let cool, then add mix of propleyne glycol and distilled water

[33.3 Watts]

Thanks claude! I have that coming in the mail today! I actually ordered it from that seller! Excited to see how it works. Thanks!

Ol