Actually, bleach is sodium hypochlorite not hydrochloric acid. Two quite
different chemicals. When I was a chemist, sodium hypochlorite would
bleach my clothing, hydrochloric acid ate holes in them.


> Be careful and test.  Bleach is weak hydrochloric and it is known to
> turn some
> colors white or off color. Mixing chlorides with water generates it.
>
> Stomaches are fantastic organs since they can handle such a wide range
> from
> strong bases to acids.  It is a digestion expert of sorts.
>
> Might be a lye based soap that breaks it down.
>
> Sounds like a lab experiment to me.  Perhaps 3M needs another glue :-)
>
> which brings up - how about super glue THINNER.  Not the glue but what
> un-glues it!
> There are tubes of gel like solvent you use on fingers to get it off.
>
> Martin
>
> Allen Aigen wrote:
>> Since many animals eat slugs without getting glued up, stomach acid
>> probably will take off slime.  Weak hydrochloric or vinegar probably
>> won't ruin the chlothes...
>>
>>
>> Allen Aigen
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>> -- David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Listers,
>>
>> A co-worker of mine accidentally sat on a slug. Unfortunately, she was
>> wearing a favorite dress. She's washed it with regular detergent and
>> with hand soap. The dress still has a patch on it that's like acrylic.
>>
>> I assured her that with all the varied expertise of our worldwide
>> subscribers, we would be able to solve her problem.
>>
>> David Kirsh
>> Durham, NC
>>
>> "We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the
>> rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor
>> because they had much."--J.K. Galbraith
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Charlie
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Charlie Sturm
Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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