[Histonet] Re: Old slides

[Martin, Erin]

Hi Bernice!



A 1:1 acetone xylene solution does indeed dissolve the plastic film Sakura coverslip.  No need to buy any book.



The old - 1990's - film coverslips had a problem (that I believe Sakura has corrected) which caused the coverslip to lift off the slide and take the tissue with it.  That's why there are often issues with film coverslipped slides from that time period.  It's a pain to deal with but not difficult.



Good luck!

Erin Martin

UCSF Dermatopathology and Oral Pathology Service



Message: 5
>On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 John Kiernan jkiernan <@t> uwo.ca<mailto:jkiernan <@t> uwo.ca> wrote:

>Have you done this? Acetone does not dissolve resinous mounting media and allow removal of coverslips. It's all >in the books; buy one.
>John Kiernan
>Anatomy & Cell Biology, UWO
>London, Canada





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