RE: [Histonet] fish scales and horse hooves (softening)

2009-12-13 Thread gayle callis
tonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] fish scales Fish scales are calcified. Depending on the type of fish, they may contain dentin, bone or both. My sources: Two zoology textbooks and also a Wikipedia entry, Scales (zoology) that reads easily. Eve

Re: [Histonet] fish scales

2009-12-12 Thread John Kiernan
, Canada = = = - Original Message - From: gayle.cal...@bresnan.net Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009 15:50 Subject: Re: [Histonet] fish scales To: "Perry, Margaret" , histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu, "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" > Are fish scale

RE: [Histonet] fish scales

2009-12-11 Thread Josie Britton
- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Josie Britton Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 10:31 AM To: Perry, Margaret; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] fish scales Nair hair remover works great on

RE: [Histonet] fish scales

2009-12-11 Thread Josie Britton
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] fish scales We are trying to cut fish scales that have been decalcified. They are chunking out when we try to cut them. I think we need to soften the keratin and I looked in the archives for the right dilution of ammonium hydroxide to use. One post said 5% the other

Re: [Histonet] fish scales

2009-12-10 Thread gayle . callis
also in HistoLogic, author is Jane Chladny. Gayle Callis Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Perry, Margaret" Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:32:09 To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] fish scales We are trying to cut fish s

[Histonet] fish scales

2009-12-10 Thread Perry, Margaret
We are trying to cut fish scales that have been decalcified. They are chunking out when we try to cut them. I think we need to soften the keratin and I looked in the archives for the right dilution of ammonium hydroxide to use. One post said 5% the other said straight. What dilution do you r