To start out I purchased a set of pre-prepared permanent slides from Amazon with a basic selection of plants, fungi, animal samples. I have received them and they are filthy - fingerprints, wood splinters from the box, smudges, what appear to be oily smears ...
How may I clean them without damaging the specimens?
Thank you very much.
How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
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Re: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
I use lens cleaner and lens tissues, taking care not to soak the edges of the cover slip.
"ROR" is one brand of decent lens cleaner. The "delicate task" Kimwipes would be fine for this. Both are available, affordably, on Amazon.
"ROR" is one brand of decent lens cleaner. The "delicate task" Kimwipes would be fine for this. Both are available, affordably, on Amazon.
Re: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
Hi Andy,
med. petroleum ether is a nice cleaning fluid. It leaves not traces after wiping, cleans away general dirt and is comparatively mild towards plasics, mountants and lens cements.
Bob
med. petroleum ether is a nice cleaning fluid. It leaves not traces after wiping, cleans away general dirt and is comparatively mild towards plasics, mountants and lens cements.
Bob
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Re: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
Thank you very much!
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Re: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
Wanted to circle back and say I went the ROR route - I was having a tough time determining if the petroleum ethers I could find were med. (medium?). The slides are now nice and clean. Now I just have to find time to actually look at them!!
Re: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
medical - this is quite pure and dries off without a trace.Andy Ternay wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:04 amdetermining if the petroleum ethers I could find were med. (medium?).