Re: Immersion Oil Mess

Posted by Julian Smith III on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Immersion-Oil-Mess-tp4427280p4427636.html

An idea borrowed from someone else on this list--brightly-colored
elastic hair-bands (Scunci brand here in the US).  They're around 4mm
diameter, and one goes around the objective about 3x.  They don't
interfere with retraction mechanisms, and they do a great job of
catching immersion oil.  I toss them out about once a month, and replace
them with fresh ones.
Julian

Ki Hng wrote:

> 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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Julian P.S. Smith III
Director, Winthrop Microscopy Facility
Dept. of Biology
Winthrop University
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Rock Hill, SC  29733

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