[Alt-photo] Re: lump gum

[Jorj Bauer]

Shows what I know ;)


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On Oct 19, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Kees Brandenburg <workshops at polychrome.nl> wrote:

> 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
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