Cheap (household) alternative to proto-slow??y

[dlowry at cmu.unige.ch]

In article <94094.202531PQQ at psuvm.psu.edu>, Dick Pratt <PQQ at psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> Two other slowing agents are available (cheap) plus one that is more expensive.
> Proto-slow is just methylcellulose (wall paper paste).  You could buy a
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I once met this guy from DuPont who said that methylcellulose is used to
thicken MacDonald's milkshakes --- uugghhh :(

-- Dorothy Lowry 

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