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?)
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>From: "Martin, Jill V." <martin.jill@MAYO.EDU> (Jill Martin)
>Subject: Re: Clean machines
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>>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?
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>>Peter J Openshaw [Medicine] (p.openshaw@ic.ac.uk)
>>Imperial College School of Medicine at St.Mary's
>>Norfolk Place, LONDON W2 1PG
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>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
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>Jill Martin, Manager,
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>Johnson Research Building
>Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
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David Galbraith
Professor of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona
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