[Histonet] Sakura glas coverslipper and mounting media types

[Jennifer Campbell]

ClearMount from American MasterTech. Speed and volume set to "3". We put
our slides overnight in 60 degree oven prior to filing.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Cathy Crumpton <cathy.crumpton <@t> tuality.org
> wrote:

> For those with the Sakura Glas coverslippers, what type of mounting media
> are you using in these?  Sakura recommends only their brand of course, but
> I want something that dries faster.  We do not have excess mounting media
> on the outside of our slides, but after being in the oven for three days we
> had several slides sticking.  It looked like the mounting media slipped
> down the slide to pool at the bottom and stick.  I am thinking their media
> is too viscous.  If I turn the amount down on the machine any further we
> end up with not enough media on the slides and get large air pockets after
> just a few days of storage.  BTW the oven is at 40 degrees and isn't
> boiling hot to dry the slides.
>
>
>
> Cathy Crumpton HT(ASCP), Lead Histotechnician
>
> Tuality Community Hospital
>
> 503-681-1292
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