Jennifer,
If you are not in a hurry just put the slide in warm xylene, like in a 37
degree oven.    Or a quicker method is to freeze the slide and take a
dissecting needle and pop the coverslip off, then soak the slide in xylene
to remove the permount on the slide.
Hope this helps.
Hazel

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	HOOVER_JENNIFER@LILLY.COM [SMTP:HOOVER_JENNIFER@LILLY.COM]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 04, 2001 7:13 AM
> To:	HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject:	Removing Coverslips!
> 
> 
>           Good Morning All!  Just a quick question and I apologize as I
> know that this is a question revisited!  What is the method to remove
> coverslips from slides that were originally mounted and coverslipped with
> a permanent mounting media (Permount in this case)?  Many thanks in
> advance! 
> 
> Jennifer Hoover 
> Eli Lilly and Company