Thanks to all who offered advice on this topic. I followed the advice given but
my experience was a bit different from that which was described, so I thought I
would share it and see if anyone else has had a similar experience. I placed
the vials in the -20 freezer for an hour, then went back i
Use a razor blade to slit one side of the vial lengthwise and pull apart.
Janet
From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Pat Flannery
Sent: Fri 4/3/2009 5:33 PM
To: Histonet
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Removing PMMA blocks from glass vials
OK
You need to first make sure you are using polypropylene vials.the
polyethylene vials will melt when using MMA. Next, use a box knife to
score the sides and pop out the block. Larger plastic molds can be re-
used if you tap out the block by beating it on a counter top.
Jack
On Apr 3, 20
OK, silly question time: How do you get them out of *plastic* vials?
I've always used the glass scint vials,too. Doesn't the PMMA melt
plastic vials (or stick too well to them)?
-Pat Flannery
Duke Med
On Apr 3, 2009, at 2:00 PM, "Monfils, Paul"
wrote:
Someone gave me some small PMMA
nt: Friday, April 3, 2009 2:00:20 PM
Subject: [Histonet] Removing PMMA blocks from glass vials
Someone gave me some small PMMA blocks polymerized inside glass scintillation
vials. I always use plastic vials. Obviously the vials have to be broken to
get the blocks out. Does anyone have some adv
enter
- Original Message -
From: "Shakun Aswani"
To: "Paul Monfils" , histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 2:23:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Removing PMMA blocks from glass vials
Hi Paul,
I did so many of t
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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Monfils,
Paul
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:00 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Removing PMMA blocks from glass vials
Someone gave me some small PMMA blocks polymerized inside
Someone gave me some small PMMA blocks polymerized inside glass scintillation
vials. I always use plastic vials. Obviously the vials have to be broken to
get the blocks out. Does anyone have some advice on the best way to do this?
The guy who brought them said he thought I could "use liquid
