From: Christina Z. Anderson (zphoto@montana.net)
Date: 04/28/03-02:51:00 PM Z
> The other point re "preservation" was about gum arabic -- Christina was
> wondering how to preserve her home mixed gum, and mentioned that she'd
> "heard" formaldehyde was no good.
OH, I hope I didn't say that--I never read anywhere it wasn't good. I just
was wondering why it *didn't* harden gum arabic as it did gelatin was all.
In fact, there are a number of sources that recommend it. Hey, I'm all for
formaldehyde, but definitely not all for mercuric chloride.
Chris
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