For those of you who like lens paper and/or the Obex Histo Wrap, a very
inexpensive alternative is to visit any beauty store or visit sallybeauty.com
and get a box of Jumbo End Wraps for $1.99 for a thousand 2.5 x 4 sheets. We
have used them for years and they work really well for cell blocks.
I have a question about a Leica Autostainer XL. We are getting the most
peculiar odor from it during staining and none of us can quite describe it.
One of our histotechs is very sensitive to it however. We have changed the
filters and the odor is still there. Also, the arm mechanism is very
