This invention relates to the composition of an emulsion and a method of producing a stable, wax semi-solid by aeration of the emulsion. The emulsion contains wax, water, a primary mono or secondary dialkanolamine, and an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid in the proportions of about 25 to 75 weight percent water, about 20 to 65 weight percent of a normally solid hydrocarbon wax, about 1 to 15 weight percent of the alkanolamine, and about 3.5 to 15 weight percent of the acid. The aeration can be accomplished with a relatively inert gas.
The skin and hair treatment composition includes 0.5 to 2 percent by weight apple wax, 0.1 to 30 percent by weight of at least one anionic, cationic, amphoteric and/or nonionic surfactant, a solvent consisting of water, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, glycols or mixtures thereof and one or more cosmetic additives selected from the group consisting of perfume oils; opacifiers; pearlescing agents; bacterial and fungicidal ingredients; coconut fatty acid diethanolamide; buffer substances; coloring materials; solubilizers; light stabilizers; antioxidants; complexing agents and antidandruff active ingredients. Methods for obtaining the apple wax used in these compositions include extraction of depectinized apple pomace with a variety of solvents and purification and evaporation of the extract to obtain an apple wax product.
A high water-content water in oil emulsion comprising an odorless solvent naphtha, a synthetic wax, a lipophilic surface active agent, and a high water content. It has utility as a cleaning composition. It also indicates utility in other areas as a release agent, dye and pigment carrier and a non-flammable hydraulic fluid.
A plastic polishing composition and method for making such a composition in emulsion form containing a fatty acid, an alkanolamine, cetyl alcohol, glyceryl monostearate, and liquid forms a carrier for an abrasive material, an acrylic filler, an anti-static agent, and a hydrocarbon solvent. The composition cleans as it polishes translucent and opaque plastic surfaces by removing foreign matter and filling minute surface scratches in a one-step operation.
Pressure impregnation methods for preserving wood. The impregnant combines a wood preservative with a wax-surfactant-water emulsion. A cationic surfactant component made up of two different surfactants is preferred.
