Re: [Histonet] Bielschowsky questions, Luxol Fast Blue answers, and Protocol Drift.

2012-07-25 Thread Eric Eades
Hi Tim, It is safe to consider "40% formaldehyde" to be a 100% solution, because that is the maximum amount of formaldehyde that will dissolve into an aqueous solution. Happy Fixation, -Eric Eades Phenopath Laboratories Seattle, WA On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Tim Wheelock wrote: > Hi

RE: [Histonet] Bielschowsky questions, Luxol Fast Blue answers, and Protocol Drift.

2012-07-25 Thread Lynette Pavelich
tonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] on behalf of Tim Wheelock [twheel...@mclean.harvard.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:36 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Bielschowsky questions, Luxol Fast Blue answers,and Protocol Drift. Hi Everyone: I had a few questions regarding Bi

[Histonet] Bielschowsky questions, Luxol Fast Blue answers, and Protocol Drift.

2012-07-24 Thread Tim Wheelock
Hi Everyone: I had a few questions regarding Bielschowsky silver stains. (1) What adhesive (if any) or type of slide do you use for the stain? (2) How do you clean the glassware? (3) When diluting the 40% formaldehyde when making up the developer, do you consider the 40% formaldehyde as 100%