[Taxacom] Water soluble mounting media

[Tony Irwin]

I note that a firm in Wales is offering what I assume to be PVOH/glycerine
mountant for sale (25ml for £5.80 plus postage). See this
link<http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microscope-Slide-Mountant-Water-Based-L-C-25ml-/350077948977?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item5182459431>.
They describe it as being prepared to Lubkin & Carsten's classical formula.
I was wondering whether anyone has information as to how long slides using
this mountant will last, and how it compares in performance to DMHF.
Tony

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On 19 March 2014 16:04, Richard Zander <Richard.Zander at mobot.org> wrote:

> Dan:
>
> Permanent? I don't know any permanent water-soluble mounting medium that
> has the refractive index of glycerin. If the testae of the amoebas are
> sturdy, you might try pure Elmer's clear glue. Use copiously, and it should
> embed the specimen in polyvinyl alcohol.
>
> Richard
>
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>
> Hi Richard,
> Thank you for this link, I found the article quite helpful and will try a
> couple of these.
> I have been looking for a water soluble medium for permanent mounting of
> testate amoeba slides.  Balsam (any kind) is a pain, and the classical
> Euparal is quite hard to make and recently I have not been able to find all
> ingredients.  Do you have any recommendations? I noticed you mention
> glycerin-jelly as semi-permanent, but perhaps in appropriate controlled
> environment?
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
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> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Richard Zander <Richard.Zander at mobot.org
> <mailto:Richard.Zander at mobot.org>> wrote:
> Those who would like to try a new, simple, nonpoisonous, cheap, reliable
> mounting medium for microslides might check out my paper in Phytoneuron:
>
> http://www.phytoneuron.net/2014Phytoneuron/32PhytoN-MicroMountingMedia.pdf
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/nh9lqfd
>
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