[Histonet] cleaning microtomes

[Amos Brooks]

Hi,

    I'm with Tim on this one. I hate that oily residue that paragaurd and
the like leave. It often interferes with sectioning when there is any left
on the blade holder too. A gauze sponge works fine. Cleaning off oil with
alcohol seems redundant to me.

Amos Brooks


Message: 22
From: Jmrwalker <@t> aol.com
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:49:14 EDT
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] cleaning microtomes

I have a question that may seem silly.  After you are finished cutting on
your microtome, what do you use to clean it?  Our lab in the past always
used
xylene or alcohol to clean it.  A few new people have been hired in the lab
and
now Paragard and baby oil have been used.  I'm just curious what the
majority
of people in histoland are using.  Thanks!