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What I can use to dissolve beeswax and carnauba wax and keep it in an aqueous solution? I do not want to use ethanol or acetone as they are too harsh.
I am adding about $\pu{5\%}$ wax to a $\pu{16oz}$ aqueous solution that also has some oil in it. I need to stop it from coagulating and be fine enough or in solution to pass through the nozzle of a spray bottle without clogging it ?
Try Oelic acid and TEA with Waxes. 1. Take 3% Oelic acid 2. 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.
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.
