http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Immersion-Oil-Mess-tp4427280p4427588.html
What I do is put an elastic material based scrunchy hair band on the shaft of the objective, any spillage is soaked up by this absorbent material.
If you find a repeat offender make them swallow the hair band.
Good luck.
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:18:27 -0700
> From:
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> To:
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> Hi, Ki,
>
> This issue has been discussed before and it is a recurring problem in most
> facilities.
>
> Beside strict user training/education, there are a couple of things we did:
>
> 1) We inspect the lenses daily which make us easier to identify the offender
> (one of the previous day users). Have a chat with him/her is much more
> effective than a reminder by the scope/email.
>
> 2) Zeiss ring works well. Alternatively, you can just put a protective
> "envelop" on the lenses. We just cut a finger off a latex glove (or use
> finger glove) and cut open a small top hole. Replace it once a while.
>
> Good luck,
>
> xuejun
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:28 AM
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>
> Hi
>
> Our facility have a few confocals and wide-fields, and despite how many
> reminders we send, or how many notices we put up, we haven't solved the
> problems of some users using too much immersion oil and causing very messy
> objectives.
>
> Zeiss sell "immersion suction rings" which are useful on our Zeiss, but
> we've got two Leica SP5s, which tend to be the messiest. Does anyone have a
> solution for messy objectives?
>
> Thanks!!
> Ki
>
>
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