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Actually I am surprised a Zeiss person told you to use glass cleaner---it's
usually Nikon people.
 
I personally find that especially with oil objectives used on inverted
microscopes (therefore the oil has to be the thicker kind) the glass cleaner
stuff is a joke.  It just doesn't cut through.  It's why I use organic
solvents.  
 
Zeiss chemical coatings can withstand chloroform;  Nikon lenses don't have
such robust coatings and that's why they recommend Sparkle. (the purple
glass cleaner).  But I always get irritated when they say that because as I
said, glass cleaner and ethanol just does not make a dent.
 
 
Alice Schmid
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: Lesley Weston [mailto:lesley@vancouverbc.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:02 PM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Re: Objective cleaning.



A Zeiss person once told me to use:

Windex (or other clear glass cleaner) 50%
70% alcohol 50%

It always worked well for me.

Lesley Weston.


on 25/02/2003 9:03 AM, Schmid, Aloisia T [R&D/0216] at
aloisia.t.schmid@pharmacia.com wrote:



I use chloroform for oil objectives---can't say that's really preferable
though......

 
Aloisia Schmid


-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Montgomery [mailto:ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:42 AM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Objective cleaning.

       At the moment I'm still using ether to clean my microscope
objectives. For health and safety I'd like to move away to some other
cleaning agent. What's everyone else using?
Ian.

Dr. Ian Montgomery,
Histotechnology,
Graham Kerr Building,
Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences,
University of Glasgow,
Glasgow,
G12 8QQ.
Tel: 0141 339 8855 
Office: 4652
Lab: 6644.
Pager: 07625 702883
e-mail: ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk 





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Actually I am surprised a Zeiss person told you to use 
glass cleaner---it's usually Nikon people.
 
I 
personally find that especially with oil objectives used on inverted microscopes 
(therefore the oil has to be the thicker kind) the glass cleaner stuff is a 
joke.  It just doesn't cut through.  It's why I use organic 
solvents.  
 
Zeiss 
chemical coatings can withstand chloroform;  Nikon lenses don't have such 
robust coatings and that's why they recommend Sparkle. (the purple glass 
cleaner).  But I always get irritated when they say that because as I said, 
glass cleaner and ethanol just does not make a dent.
 
                                                                                                
Alice Schmid
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: 
Lesley Weston [mailto:lesley@vancouverbc.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 
25, 2003 1:02 PM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: 
Re: Objective cleaning.


A Zeiss person once told me to use:

Windex (or other clear 
  glass cleaner) 50%
70% alcohol 50%

It always worked well for 
  me.

Lesley Weston.


on 25/02/2003 9:03 AM, Schmid, Aloisia T 
  [R&D/0216] at aloisia.t.schmid@pharmacia.com wrote:


  
I use 
    chloroform for oil objectives---can't say that's really preferable 
    though......

                                                                                       Aloisia 
    Schmid

    
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian 
      Montgomery [mailto:ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, 
      February 25, 2003 10:42 AM
To: 
      histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Objective 
      cleaning.

       At the 
      moment I'm still using ether to clean my microscope objectives. For health 
      and safety I'd like to move away to some other cleaning agent. What's 
      everyone else using?
Ian.

Dr. Ian 
      Montgomery,
Histotechnology,
Graham Kerr Building,
Institute of 
      Biomedical & Life Sciences,
University of 
      Glasgow,
Glasgow,
G12 8QQ.
Tel: 0141 339 8855 
Office: 
      4652
Lab: 6644.
Pager: 07625 702883
e-mail: 
      ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk 





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