Personally, I am a wiper. But thats jsut the way I was taught.

Louise
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On 14 Feb 01, at 10:56, John C. Dennis wrote:

> Dear Histofolk
> 
> Can anyone explain why now and again we hear/read that blocking
> solution should be shaken, not washed, from the tissue sections prior
> to applying primary or secondary solutions?
> 
> Once I was a shaker but there was no gift in simplicity.  I got uneven
> and patchy signal patterns.  Now I'm a dipper and no longer have those
> difficulties.
> 
> John Carroll Dennis
> Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology
> 109 Greene Hall
> Auburn University, AL  36849
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