Did he tell you to soak it for a period? How long? Or just put it on and
wipe off the excess?
Sylvia
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Shell Smell - addendum
>One of our Conch-L group (I think it was Jr. Powers or maybe Mark Bethke)
uses
>glycerin. He (which ever one it was) advised me to use glycerin on a shell
>where I wanted to keep the periostracum and it was one of those thin ones
that
>was flaking off. I used a little silicone and then some glycerin and it
seems
>to have really helped. That was about six months ago and the periostracum
>stills seems dark and has quit flaking off at the slightest touch.
>
>Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>