Cynthia,
I'm not sure why you are having this trouble.   We use the Faramount and
have non of these problems.   You should not be putting this in the oven.
It dries hard at room temp in a fairly short amount of time.   Maybe you
have too much water on the slide when you are coverslipping??
Hazel
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Cynthia Tily [SMTP:cynthiatily@mindspring.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, June 20, 2001 5:27 PM
> To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject:	Faramount
> 
> I have just recently tried Framount aqueous mounting media from Dako. We
> seem to be having problems with tiny bubbles over the tissues. They do not
> seem to be water bubbles ( or air pockets from too little media ) but seem
> to form a pattern first over the glass part of the  slide and then over
> the
> tissue as it dries. It is like looking at a the dimples on a golf ball.
> Has
> anyone else seen this?  FYI, we are storing the product inverted as
> suggested and follow the  insert directions for cover slipping.
> Also, is this product supposed to dry "hard" as does Crystalmount? Even
> after tim ein a 60degreee oven or 48 hours at room temp the stuff is still
> very gummy and the coverslip can easily be moved.
> Any thoughts/suggestions?
> 
> Thank you,
> Cindy Tily,HTL
> Coll Of Vet Med
> Auburn Univ
> 
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