I read on in an old discussion about making a homemade liquid cover by mixing Stearyl Alcohol with Isopropyl Alcohol. I did a little research and found the Stearyl to be used in cosmetics and in evaporation suppressing products like the products at pool stores. I have tried one of the retail products in the past and thought it worked to keep the pool temperature stable or stabler.
Earlier this year I bought some Stearyl Alcohol (came in a bag, small white flaky pieces) online and tried to mix it with Isopropyl alcohol. I tried and tried and tried to get the flaky pieces to dissolve but never really got it to. The old posting which I couldn't find this morning had a description of the mixture like 6 oz of Isopropyl and a 1/2 ounce of the dry stearyl. I'm not sure what type of dry measurement that meant so I used about a tablespoon. I put the liquid in a jar and added the dry to it. It did get a little like a liquidy jell, nothing like the retail product I'd used before. I took a chance and poured a couple of ounces in and saw that the stearyl specs were visible, much smaller than the flakes it started as. I think it worked but it was visible on the surface of the water.
So my question is does anyone know how to mix the Stearyl and Isopropyl into a clear liquid like the retail products?
Thanks
Earlier this year I bought some Stearyl Alcohol (came in a bag, small white flaky pieces) online and tried to mix it with Isopropyl alcohol. I tried and tried and tried to get the flaky pieces to dissolve but never really got it to. The old posting which I couldn't find this morning had a description of the mixture like 6 oz of Isopropyl and a 1/2 ounce of the dry stearyl. I'm not sure what type of dry measurement that meant so I used about a tablespoon. I put the liquid in a jar and added the dry to it. It did get a little like a liquidy jell, nothing like the retail product I'd used before. I took a chance and poured a couple of ounces in and saw that the stearyl specs were visible, much smaller than the flakes it started as. I think it worked but it was visible on the surface of the water.
So my question is does anyone know how to mix the Stearyl and Isopropyl into a clear liquid like the retail products?
Thanks