We have the VIP and Sakura told us NOT to use it to clean molds.   
Hazel

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dresser, Karen [SMTP:Karen.Dresser@umassmed.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 27, 2002 1:40 PM
> To:	'Carol Brown'; 'HistoNet Server'
> Cc:	Neff, Faye
> Subject:	RE: Cleaning of metal Base molds
> 
> some labs through them in the chamber during
> the cleaning cycle on their processor. it may
> "dirty" your clean-cycle xylenes faster, but it
> gets your molds totally clean.
> 
> Karen Dresser
> Research Histotechnician
> UMASS Medical School
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Brown [mailto:BrownCm@brandonrha.mb.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:45 AM
> To: 'HistoNet Server'
> Cc: Neff, Faye
> Subject: Cleaning of metal Base molds
> 
> 
> Our facility has, over the years, varied the process in which we clean our
> base molds.  We have most recently been avoiding the use of xylene or it's
> substitutes do to the odor and, upon subsequent washing, is hard on the
> plastic plumbing and rubber washers is the washer that we use.
> Since we no longer use a paraffin solvent prior to washing our dishwasher
> is
> plugging up due to the solidification of paraffin.
> How do other facilities remove the paraffin from their metal base molds
> and
> have them clean for the next use?
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
> 
> Carol Brown
> Technical Administrator
> Westman Regional Laboratory
> Phone-204-726-2549
> Fax 204-725-0259
> 
>