[Histonet] Xylene/Paint Thinner

2013-02-07 Thread White, Lisa M.
If you look on the paint thinner isle at your local Lowe's. You will find Xylene on the shelf. The first time I saw it was a shock. Wonder if the home improvement weekend warriors know what they are getting all over their hands? Lisa White, HT(ASCP) Supervisory HT James H. Quillen

Re: [Histonet] Xylene/Paint Thinner

2013-02-07 Thread Rene J Buesa
For sure they do not know, I have asked a few painters. As many histotechs, they have told me that the like the smell of xylene. René J. From: White, Lisa M. lisa.whi...@va.gov To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 10:23 AM Subject: [Histonet] Xylene/Paint

Re: [Histonet] Xylene/Paint Thinner

2013-02-07 Thread Adrienne Anderson
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 10:23 AM Subject: [Histonet] Xylene/Paint Thinner If you look on the paint thinner isle at your local Lowe's. You will find Xylene on the shelf. The first time I saw it was a shock. Wonder if the home improvement weekend warriors know what

[Histonet] Xylene/Paint Thinner

2013-02-06 Thread Parker, Helayne
I have a colleague who is convinced paint thinner is exactly the same as the SubX we use. Does anyone know if this is true? Haha- funny you should say that. I always swore that Mitaban (for canine demodex mange) was made out of xylene. Almost looks like watered down xylene. Well I checked