RE: [Histonet] Fibrin stain

2008-11-17 Thread Lee & Peggy Wenk
You can oxidize it with potassium permanganate. It can use used immediately (maybe a half hour of mixing), but works better if allowed to set overnight. It will remain good for about a year. In the School, I like to make up a batch, and have the students oxidize part of it with the potassium perma

Re: [Histonet] Fibrin stain

2008-11-17 Thread Gayle Callis
Carol, You may want to reconsider using PTAH for fibrin as the fixative of choice is Zenkers or after formalin fixation, a Zenkers postfixation/mordanting, a mercury fixative. I don't think you will want to mess with mercury disposal. One can speed up ripening time of PTAH by adding potassiu