Have you done this? Acetone does not dissolve resinous mounting media and allow
removal of coverslips. It's all in the books; buy one.
John Kiernan
Anatomy & Cell Biology, UWO
London, Canada
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On 09/03/15, Jason McGough <jmcgo...@clinlab.com> wrote:
> Remove the film coverslip by placing the slide in acetone for a few minutes.
> Then recoverslip the slide with your current method.
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> -----Original message-----
> > From:Bernice Frederick <b-freder...@northwestern.edu
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> > Sent: Monday, March 9, 2015 1:51 PM
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> > Subject: [Histonet] Old slides.
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> > Hi all,
> > We received some old slides (1997-1998) that were coverslipped with film.
> > Sakura I would imagine. The issue here is that the coverslips have come up
> > from the slide and the tissue is adhered to the back of the coverslip. They
> > need to be recovered so they can be evaluated. What do you all recommend?
> > We use the CV5030 for coverslipping. I tried one with xylene and mounting
> > media but there were still a couple of air bubbles in there.
> > Thanks,
> > Bernice
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