<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">As an add-on to Paul�s suggestion I would add some lab. surfactant to the water so that it�s about 3% concentration, this will help to rehydrate the contents and it helps if the water is at least warm. Make sure the shower is working for afterwards!<div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On 05 Aug 2016, at 18:51, Callomon,Paul <<a href="mailto:prc44@drexel.edu">prc44@drexel.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Soak in warm water for a few hours, then use a water-pik or a thin hoze nozzle to blast out the remains. Do this in a sink or tub of water and keep the shell and the nozzle submerged. Wear old clothes. Cancel any dates that evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">PC<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Karen Morton<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, August 05, 2016 1:44 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Nhcoll-l] Cleaning out shells<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear List Members,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Does anyone have any advice for the best way to clean out old shells? We received a donation of fossils and marine shells, and we are discovering that many of the shells are not exactly empty of their former residents. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We have already run everything through our freezer to make sure there weren�t any live pests included, so now we just need to try to get the contents out of the shells. They don�t smell too wonderful!<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 3pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; page-break-after: avoid;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;">KAREN MORTON<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Collections Manager<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Perot Museum of Nature and Science</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Interstate Black'; color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;">P</span></b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>214.756.5722 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="mailto:karen.morton@perotmuseum.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">karen.morton@perotmuseum.org</a></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2201 N. 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