Date:         Fri, 1 Aug 2003 17:03:21 -0700
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From:         Peter Egerton <pegerton@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Concholin
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Agreed...I tried this method once on mussels. It completely removes the
outer layers.

Peter


At 11:27 AM 01/08/2003 +1200, you wrote:
>>I am aware that the individual layers of the shell is also bonded
>>together with concholin, so the process should not be too
>>aggressive, or it should be easily arrested when the surface layer
>>is removed, to avoid dissolving the whole shell.
>
>Laundry bleach (sodium hypochlorite solution) at 100% will do the trick.
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