Hi Bernice, I have found that if you flood the slide with mounting media (don't use xylene) flip the slide over onto an absorbent lab wipe and put a heavy weight with even pressure and leave for a few hours. If the slide sticks to the wipe just put a few drops of xylene to clean up the slide. You may still have some tiny bubbles but it is much better than the alternative. Good luck. Christie Gowan
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bernice Frederick Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 3:42 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Old slides. 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 Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP) Senior Research Tech Pathology Core Facility Robert. H. Lurie Cancer Center Northwestern University 710 N Fairbanks Court Olson 8-421 Chicago,IL 60611 312-503-3723 b-freder...@northwestern.edu<mailto:b-freder...@northwestern.edu> _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
