Re: [Histonet] Wright's stain

2016-12-26 Thread taylor alan via Histonet
> On 26 December 2016 at 22:15 taylor alan wrote: > > > Hi Lauren > > With reference to your enquiry for the preparation of Wrights stain from > Wrights stain powder > > I have found the original method of preparing Wrights stain in one of my > fa

Re: [Histonet] Wright's stain

2016-12-26 Thread taylor alan via Histonet
Hi Lauren With reference to your enquiry for the preparation of Wrights stain from Wrights stain powder I have found the original method of preparing Wrights stain in one of my favourite 'historical' pathology text books. Practical Bacteriology, Bloodwork and Parasitology. Eighth Edition. Edited

Re: [Histonet] Reticulin Stain

2016-07-21 Thread taylor alan via Histonet
Hi All Here in our lab we routinely hand stain reticulin sections. Our preferred choice is the Gordon and Sweet method. The technique is easy to perform, diffing out can be easily controlled via the staining microscope and a variety of counterstains can be used in addition to the usual Neutral Red

[Histonet] Lactophenol Cotton Blue Stain

2011-08-24 Thread taylor alan
Dear All I wonder if some of you could answer the following for my colleagues and myself. For many years we have traditionally used our own 'in house' prepared Lactophenol Cotton Blue, with or without KOH as an initial screening tool. The question I have is which strength of Lactic Acid are othe

[Histonet] Looking for replacement drive belt for Leica Autostainer XL

2011-06-13 Thread taylor alan
Hello All. We have recently aquired an 'oldish' AutostainerXL. It worked perfectly up until the weekend, then the drive belt that lifts the robotic arm decided to break! We are quite keen to find a replacement belt as soon as possible. I am asking if any of you Autostainer users have sources for

Re: [Histonet] Filter Paper for Harris Hematoxylin

2011-05-18 Thread taylor alan
Hi Dr Dubey Thanks for your message regarding choice of filter papers. Here in the U.K. Whatman No 1 is almost universally used for filtration of all reagents and solutions used in microscopy or general chemistry preparation. Other grades of filter paper are available for other applications, but N

Re: [Histonet] Filter Paper for Harris Hematoxylin

2011-05-17 Thread taylor alan
Hi Karie Whatman No: 1 Qualitative Grade should effectively remove all precipitate and leave you with a fresh clean staining solution. Alan Taylor Microtechnical Services 71 Sweetbrier Lane Heavitree Exeter Devon. EX1 3AJ Tel: +44(0)1392) 660132 On 17 May 2011 15:51, Karie Reaser wrote: > > G