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Article #4Re: Advice needed - coating for fragile glassware
From: M. Hertel
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:28
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:28
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David Carr wrote: > > We are having a butterfingers problem in our lab and I am seeking some > advice. I am trying to find out if there is some product (e.g. plastic, > resin) that we can use to coat the outside of some of our more delicate (and > expensive) glassware to prevent or reduce the amount of breakage we have > been experiencing. > > Something commercially available would be preferable, but I'm open to almost > anything. > > Thanks for any assistance you can provide > > Dr. David Carr > Department of Physiology > Northwestern University Hello David, If it must not be especially resistant to anything (heat, chemicals) You can find a kind of rubber paint in do-it-yourself-stores, its normally used to coat hammer shafts or handles of pliers (should at least be resistant to oil, used on tools?) It produces a 1-2 mm thick film of rubber like plastic. Don t know if it works on glass lab ware, but maybe it s a hint to follow up^� Moritz Institute of cell biology ETH Zurich Switzerland -- Paul J. Franklin (moderator - sci.chem.organic.synthesis) http://chemistry.gsu.edu/post_docs/koen/wnewshp.html Georgia State University <chepjf@panther.gsu.edu> Atlanta, GA
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f8e22,cef49117f215352b X-Google-Attributes: gidf8e22,public X-Google-Thread: 10032b,cef49117f215352b X-Google-Attributes: gid10032b,public X-Google-Thread: 1119a6,cef49117f215352b X-Google-Attributes: gid1119a6,public X-Google-Thread: 10215e,cef49117f215352b X-Google-Attributes: gid10215e,public X-Google-Thread: fb56e,cef49117f215352b X-Google-Attributes: gidfb56e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-06 12:29:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-east!sn-xit-uk!supernews.com!193.162.153.122.MISMATCH!news.tele.dk!171.64.14.106!newsfeed.stanford.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!tattler!news.Gsu.EDU!not-for-mail From: "M. Hertel" <hippocampus@NOSPAM.gmx.ch> Newsgroups: sci.chem.labware,sci.chem.coatings,sci.chem.organic.synthesis,bionet.general,bionet.cellbiol Subject: Re: Advice needed - coating for fragile glassware Organization: ETH-Zuerich Lines: 35 Sender: chepjf@panther.Gsu.EDU Approved: chepjf@panther.gsu.edu Message-ID: <8p65ti$r21@panther.Gsu.EDU> Date: 6 Sep 2000 15:28:50 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.96.1.18 X-Trace: tattler 968268532 131.96.1.18 (Wed, 06 Sep 2000 15:28:52 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 15:28:52 EDT