warm water to 75-80 C and add sodium chloride. blend in "adogen" 345D then immediately drop pH to ≈ 4.5 with citric acid. melt glyceryl stearate and "varisoft" SDC and blend. add melted ceteth-2 and "adol" 62 along with phenoxy ethandol. drop pH to ≈ 2.5 with citric acid. let cool to 30 C with rapid agitation. adjust pH to 3.1 using sodium hydroxide.