AHA! I have an Answer! EMS (Electron Microscopy Sciences) sells a
One-Piece Scalpel Blade with Handle Cat. #72048-01 that is perfect for
cleaning blocks of excess paraffin! I've had one for over 30 years and
it will retire with me! It is initially sharp (but not as sharp as a
normal blade
I always used my Wenger Swiss Army pocket knife.
René J.
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We use a couple of butter knives we brought from home.
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks
We use a couple of butter knives we brought from home.
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks
I usually use one of the embedding molds.
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks
Since I haven't seen anyone talk about this yet, I feel obligated to
tell
you all that there is a handy dandy little melter out there for
getting
the excess paraffin off the blocks.
You just run the edges of the block over
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks
Hi,
Here we are using the melter or the knife depends on the technician
and the number of blocks.
Regards
Jeanne
Jeanne Estabel, PhD
Scientific Manager
Histology Operations Manager
Mouse Genetics Project
If you can't afford the melter, just go to Walmart or someplace similar, you
can get inexpensive, small kitchen paring knives for less than $1 each. And,
they are less likely to cause injury than a scalpel.
Laurie
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Actually we have a ParaTrimmer too - it was not that expensive and we love it.
We paid @ $500 for ours and I see the they are a bit more expensive now - list
price anyway.
To solve the drip problem I put one of the tops from the boxes of pipette tips
under the ledge and it catches all the
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Re: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks
Actually we have a ParaTrimmer too - it was not that expensive and we love
it. We paid @ $500 for ours and I see the they are a bit more expensive
now - list price anyway.
To solve the drip problem I put one
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Cc: HISTONET; histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] knife used for cleaning paraffin off the blocks
If you put a piece of paper towel in the bottom of the drip catcher you
just change
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