Sandy King (sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu)
Wed, 03 Mar 1999 15:46:16 -0500
I missed this message the first time around. At this moment I don't
remember the acutal strength of the Thymol solutions I experimented with,
but I think it was 2.5ml, 5.0ml, 7.5ml and 10ml of a 15% thymol in alcohol
solution per liter of gelatin. The test were started last November some
time. The 7.5ml and 10ml strength solutions are still in good shape but the
two weaker solutions have gone bad. And they began to go bad as described
below, with a gradual build up of water on the top as the gelatin breaks
down.
Sandy
>>I'll also mention that MY gelatin hasn't been doing so well. Are you
>>there, Sandy? So I had a a litre of 3% gelatin (Knox) left over, and put
>>your thymol mix in it (sure stank up a storm -- sort of like an old ash
>>tray). And left it standing with just a magazine over the top. After about
>>a week it had a layer of water on it. Now two weeks after that, it's got
>>about an inch and a half of water across the surface and the gelatin
>>itself looks ... turgid. Doubt I'll dare use it.... But it still smells
>>like ash tray.... doesn't have that fetid odor bad gelatin gets.
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