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Best way to dissolve/emulsify beeswax and carnauba wax in water-based solution

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Try Oelic acid and TEA with Waxes.1. Take 3% Oelic acid2. Add 3% TEA in Oelic acid and stir it with continuous heating up to 50C.3. Take 100ml Water in Above solution.4. Take 20grm carnuaba wax and dissolve it in above solution with continuous mixing and heating up to 60C.5. Again add 40 to 50ml water in above solution.

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You need an emulsifier such as 1% Tween 80 and heat the wax with water to 65 °C with stirring, then let it cool down.It will become a fat blur that dissolves in mixtures by agitating the mix.

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