Compatibility of thickener types
| Lithium | Calcium | Sodium | Lithium | Calcium | Sodium | Barium | Aluminium | Clay | Polyurea | |
| soap | soap | soap | complex | complex | complex | complex | complex | |||
| soap | soap | soap | soap | soap | ||||||
| Lithium soap | + | o | – | + | – | o | o | – | o | o |
| Calcium soap | o | + | o | + | – | o | o | – | o | o |
| Sodium soap | – | o | + | o | o | + | + | – | o | o |
| Lithium complex soap | + | + | o | + | + | o | o | + | – | – |
| Calcium complex soap | – | – | o | + | + | o | – | o | o | + |
| Sodium complex soap | o | o | + | o | o | + | + | – | – | o |
| Barium complex soap | o | o | + | o | – | + | + | + | o | o |
| Aluminium complex soap | – | – | – | + | o | – | + | + | – | o |
| Clay | o | o | o | – | o | – | o | – | + | o |
| Polyurea | o | o | o | – | + | o | o | o | o | + |
| + compatible | ||||||||||
| - incompatible | ||||||||||
| o individual testing required | ||||||||||
