[Histonet] Re: Histonet Digest, Vol 110, Issue 16

[Madeleine Huey]

Betsy,
Try the Paraplast Plus X-TRA.  You can mix X-TRA with Plus (3:1) ratio
is too hard for your blade.
Good Luck!
madeleine_h <@t> elcaminohospital.org


From: BMolinari <@t> texasheart.org
To: Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:31:02 +0000
CC:
Subject: [Histonet] "harder" paraffin

Hi Histonetters,
Good Friday to you all. Do you know if there is a “harder” paraffin
that may offer more support to the tissue while cutting? I currently
use Paraplast Plus and love it, but now I am cutting some polymer
material and there is some tearing and was thinking that maybe a
different paraffin would help. I am trying to avoid embedding in
plastic.
Thanks,
Betsy Molinari HT (ASCP)
Texas Heart Institute
Cardiovascular Pathology
1101 Bates Street
Houston,TX 77030
832-355-6524 (lab)
832-355-6812 (fax)
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM,
<histonet-request <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
> From: BMolinari <@t> texasheart.org
> To: Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:31:02 +0000
> CC:
> Subject: [Histonet] "harder" paraffin
>
> Hi Histonetters,
> Good Friday to you all. Do you know if there is a “harder” paraffin  that may offer more support to the tissue while cutting? I currently use Paraplast Plus and love it, but now I am cutting some polymer material and there is some tearing and was thinking that maybe a different paraffin would help. I am trying to avoid embedding in plastic.
> Thanks,
> Betsy Molinari HT (ASCP)
> Texas Heart Institute
> Cardiovascular Pathology
> 1101 Bates Street
> Houston,TX 77030
> 832-355-6524 (lab)
> 832-355-6812 (fax)
>
>