RE: [EXTERNAL] [Histonet] Blocks cracking

2014-02-11 Thread McAnn, Sherrian
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Histonet] Blocks cracking Hello all, We are wondering harder paraffin makes blocks more fragile. We have been using Leica's Formula R and on a few occasions & when we have mailed blocks out, we receive them back in pieces. Coul

Re: [Histonet] Blocks cracking

2014-02-06 Thread Kim Donadio
How are you shipping and then receiving back? I had a personal experience with regular mail one time where something got broke and the postal service told me regular mail goes through a machine which squished it. Anyway we use that paraffin here and do not have that problem but we always use fed

RE: [Histonet] Blocks cracking

2014-02-06 Thread Nails, Felton
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Blocks cracking Contact Leica Microsystems because they are very good in troubleshooting their products and for sure will know. It is better than start guessing after the fact! René J. From: Erica Canal To: histonet

Re: [Histonet] Blocks cracking

2014-02-06 Thread Rene J Buesa
:51 PM Subject: [Histonet] Blocks cracking Hello all, We are wondering harder paraffin makes blocks more fragile. We have been using Leica's Formula R and on a few occasions & when we have mailed blocks out, we receive them back in pieces. Could this be because of type of wax we are u

[Histonet] Blocks cracking

2014-02-05 Thread Erica Canal
Hello all, We are wondering harder paraffin makes blocks more fragile. We have been using Leica's Formula R and on a few occasions & when we have mailed blocks out, we receive them back in pieces. Could this be because of type of wax we are using? The quality of our slides is great, we just seem