Since bleach is a base, it might work fine in a 50/50 solution with
water with out the baking soda.
Vicky Wall

James M. Cheshire wrote:

>Hello listers,
>I've been thinking about this for a while (about two hours) and
>finally decided to ask. Is it okay to mix baking soda with bleach? The
>reason I'm asking is because I've got a cowrie that has a lot of
>dried, decayed flesh in it, and I want to clean it out. Since decaying
>flesh is acidic and can dull shells (I once had a gem Cypraea zebra
>that was ruined by this) I need to mix something alkaline (and
>preferably non-reactive) into the bleach to neutralize the acid. Help
>please? ;)
>
>Thanks, as always,
>Jetlagged James
>
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