[Alt-photo] Re: lump gum

[Kees Brandenburg]

gum is a polysaccharide, it will not be hardened by aldehydes like formalin or glyoxal!

-k

On 19 okt. 2013, at 17:46, Jorj Bauer <jorj at jorj.org> wrote:

> Glyoxol is a hardener. You probably don't want to use that as a preservative for gum.
> 
> Thymol should work. I'd be surprised if you couldn't find that; it's commonly used as an anti-fungal for finger- and toe-nails.
> 
> -- Jorj