Jill: I can't resist asking whether if you had included fluoride in your sheath fluid, you would have needed to resort to denture cleaning... ;-) David (Root canals: a way to grow plants hydroponically?) >Return-Path: <owner-cyto-sendout@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu> >X-Sender: jmartin@rcfsctsdale >Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:03:10 +0000 >To: Cytometry Mailing List <cytometry@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu> >From: "Martin, Jill V." <martin.jill@MAYO.EDU> (Jill Martin) >Subject: Re: Clean machines > > >>I have been told that denture cleansing tablets are the answer to the >>ultimate clog/dirty cell. I have not tried them, but can imagine that >>companies have spent millions on making the perfect combination to clean >>false teeth. Has anyone tried? >>--------------------------------------------------- >>Peter J Openshaw [Medicine] (p.openshaw@ic.ac.uk) >>Imperial College School of Medicine at St.Mary's >>Norfolk Place, LONDON W2 1PG >>Fax: +44 171 724 7349 Tel: +44 171 594 3854/3 >>--------------------------------------------------- > >I have used denture cleaning tablets dissolved in DI to clean the ceramic >nozzle tip on a Vantage and I doubt if it will do any harm to use it on the >flow cells of Scans etc. I am surprised that no one has suggested what I >have used on dirty cells and general maintenance for years, and that is >Coulter Clenz from Coulter. It bears a strong resemblance to window >cleaner but I suspect there are a few extra ingredients. > > Jill > > > > >Jill Martin, Manager, >Molecular Biology & Flow Cytometry Core >Johnson Research Building >Mayo Clinic Scottsdale > >602-301-6071 > >email: jmartin@mayo.edu or martin.jill@mayo.edu > > > ============== David Galbraith Professor of Plant Sciences University of Arizona 303 Forbes Building Tucson AZ 85721 Phone (520) 621-9153 FAX (520) 621-7186
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