Don't know what to say.........I fill mine up and as long as I don't get to rough with it (bump it or something where it sloshes) I don't have any excess paraffin around the edges. I use metal base molds.
Jeanine Bartlett Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch (404) 639-3590 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Merced Leiker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:56 AM To: Martin, Gary; Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/CCID/NCZVED); Paula Pierce; Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Paraffin Block trimming Now I'm interested in how you embed so as to not have to scrape...if i don't add enough wax (enough to end up rising around the edges of the cassette, hence the scraping later), i don't get a secure hold of the block to the cassette... ML --On Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:37 AM -0700 "Martin, Gary" <[email protected]> wrote: > No you're not the only one ... I was wondering the same thing ... why all > the scraping. It seems to me that clean embedding does the trick with a > few exceptions. G > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bartlett, > Jeanine (CDC/CCID/NCZVED) Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:58 AM > To: Paula Pierce; Histonet > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Paraffin Block triming > > I was wondering if I was the only one out there that rarely has to scrape > a block. > > > Jeanine Bartlett > Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch > (404) 639-3590 > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paula > Pierce Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:57 AM > To: Histonet > Subject: [Histonet] Paraffin Block triming > > I try to embed so as to have a minimal amount of paraffin to scrape from > the blocks. ;) > > But, I do scrape using the handle end of the same forceps I use to pick > up the ribbon and tease the sections. No sharp edge. No electricity. > > PKP > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Peter Carroll <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:30:34 AM > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Paraffin Block triming > >> Does anybody use a paraffin block dewaxer ? > > Yep, it's called "my own two hands and a metal spatula", ha ha :) I find > that it's not only very quick, but quite accurate... > > > > Scott wrote: >> Hi, >> Does anybody use a paraffin block dewaxer ? If so does it save any >> time, how well does it work? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Scott Hendricksen HT (ASCP) >> _______________________________________________ >> Histonet mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > Merced M Leiker Research Technician II 354 Biomedical Research Building School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 Ph: (716) 829-6033 Fx: (716) 829-2725 No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
