Re: Immersion Oil

Posted by Glen MacDonald-2 on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Immersion-Oil-tp2491973p2493317.html

Dear Peter
Admittedly, I was in the lab next door and not present when it  
happened, only watched the cleaning process afterwards.  It wasn't  
damaging, just took a long time to remove with lens cleaner and  
alcohol.  Maybe there has been some reformulation of oils over the  
years, or something else actually on the lens, like chamber grease.  
Thanks for doing the experiment with current oils.

Regards,
Glen
On Mar 17, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Peter Carroll wrote:

> > someone  ran out of Nikon oil and borrowed some  Zeiss oil.  the  
> result was a thick mucous-like substance that took hours to clean  
> from the objective
>
> Just for the record, I just mixed these two (Zeiss Immersol 518n and  
> Nikon Immersion Oil Type A) and didn't observe anything remotely out  
> of the ordinary, especially in regards to "a thick mucous-like  
> substance" or anything that would damage optics, so...
>
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