hi,
    Try a warm soapy gauze pad. This may soften the tissue some.

"Hugo M. Fernández Bellon" wrote:

> All this discussion on warm water soaking has really interested me.
> Here's a question:
> Anyone has experience using this system on feather tissue? We have a lot of
> trouble with this, especially because we routinely do ISH on them.
>
> --
> Hugo Fernandez < ivha23@blues.uab.es >
>
> U.D. Histologia i Anatomia Patologica
> Facultat de Veterinaria
> Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
> 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallis
> ESPAQA
>
> Tel. 93 581 31 45
> Fax. 93 581 20 06