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
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
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
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