Quote Originally Posted by wrknapbt View Post
Very good information and I like the link from NOVA as well. If your in NOVA I'm not far West of you. I guess the question would be what type of micro-scope would you need to buy to do this? And are you just doing a smear or does this require a float agent?
That was just a link i found real quick. The pictures i took with a cell phone through a scope lol.

Any collegiate level scope is fine. Ours is a 5x, 10x, 15x, and 20x i believe with a 10x ocular piece.... Supplies youll need is a long q tip you can get at a pharmacy, a slide, cover slip, methelyne blue dye($3 a bottle itll last forever), some water and a paper towel.... I believe these shots were taken at 200x power? thats 10x occular piece and a 20x magnification.

I did a scrape smeared the slide, appliked 1 large drop of water enough to leach just outside the cover slip... applied the dye right next to the cover clip... and then used a paper towel to pull the dye under the slide.... the idea is to evenly distribute the dye under the slide and wicking it though is an easy solution. There are lots of youtube videos on how to dye slides.