Try using a permanent (reusable) coffee filter.  They come in fine mesh 
plastic, stainless steel or gold plated (for coffee purists).  They are 
tough and designed to filter out fine grind coffee.  Plus, they come in a 
variety of shapes and sizes.

Bryan Llewellyn

> Jackie M O'Connor  wrote:
>  Plastic ones just don't cut it. The holes are too big. We're straining
> jars of complete rat necropsies, and some of the smaller organs would go
> through the holes. The mesh strainers we're using are perfect - but they
> corrode so fast.
>
>
>
>
> "Horn, Hazel V"
> 01/11/2008 11:51 AM
>
> To
> "Jackie M O'Connor" ,
> ,
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> cc
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> Subject
> RE: [Histonet] Stainless steel strainer
>
>
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>
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>
> I bought a plastic one at Target...
>
> Hazel Horn
> Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
> Supervisor of Histology
> Arkansas Children's Hospital
> 800 Marshall Slot 820
> Little Rock, AR 72202
>
> phone 501.364.4240
> fax 501.364.3912
>
> visit us on the web at: www.archildrens.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> [mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jackie M
> O'Connor
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:38 AM
> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu;
> histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Stainless steel strainer
>
> Happy Friday. I'm looking for a vendor for large, about 7 inch,
> stainless
> steel strainers, sieve, colander, whatever you want to call it. We
> use
> them for draining formalin fixed tissue, and the local supermarket ones
> just keep corroding.
> Any ideas?
>
> Jackie O'
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