Hi Bernice!
A 1:1 acetone xylene solution does indeed dissolve the plastic film Sakura
coverslip. No need to buy any book.
The old - 1990's - film coverslips had a problem (that I believe Sakura has
corrected) which caused the coverslip to lift off the slide and take the tissue
with it.
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Subject: [Histonet] RE: Old slides
Bernice,
Take the slide and dip it in xylene. Lay it on the film, pressing down firmly.
As it adheres, then gently wipe the excess xylene off, and gently place it in
a book or your procedure manual and leave it there for an hour or so.
Most
Bernice,
Take the slide and dip it in xylene. Lay it on the film, pressing down firmly.
As it adheres, then gently wipe the excess xylene off, and gently place it in
a book or your procedure manual and leave it there for an hour or so.
Most of the bubbles will be gone, and the tissue will be sa
From: "Gowan,Christie C"
Date:03/09/2015 4:01 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: 'Bernice Frederick' ,
histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] RE: Old slides.
Hi Bernice,
I have found that if you flood the slide with mounting media (don't use xylene)
flip the sli
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. Yo
