Personally I never liked using solvents on the microtome. I simply rub off
the paraffin with a gauze pad - they seem abrasive enough to do that, but
not to damage the finish. I do clean up a lot as I go along, so there is
never much buildup in the first place.

Tim Morken


-----Original Message-----
From: Jmrwalker@aol.com [mailto:Jmrwalker@aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:49 AM
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] cleaning microtomes

I have a question that may seem silly.  After you are finished cutting on 
your microtome, what do you use to clean it?  Our lab in the past always
used 
xylene or alcohol to clean it.  A few new people have been hired in the lab
and 
now Paragard and baby oil have been used.  I'm just curious what the
majority 
of people in histoland are using.  Thanks!

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