The first is with Nail Polish which I bought a bottle of a couple of weeks ago.

Sorry about the advertising but if it works you will want to know what I bought.
Most of the information I have found on the internet say not to use the base and top coat combined, however I bought this before I read those posts

I wanted to try this out on a subject that they say is very difficult to make DIY permanent mounts of and also something that was plentiful, within easy reach and wont be missed, so that when it failed I could easily try again.
Hence Nasturtium's, they are growing all over the place in our back garden.
First step was to make a cross section of the leaf stem, dry mount it and make an image for control.
Here it is:-

Step 2 will be to repeat my section but I will mount it direct with nail varnish. Hopefully today so all my samples are roughly the same age.
Step 3. Soak it in alcohol for an hour while I have lunch then section it and mount it in the polish.
Then I will wait and see.
