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OfflineGoldenGrowBoy
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Alcohol Cotton Balls
    #22400684 - 10/18/15 10:58 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I will be inoculating soon does anyone recommend the idea of dipping cotton balls in Isoprop Alc then placing them over inoculation holes and sticking spore syringe through swab then into jar.  Seems like alchohol might get into the jar but maybe it will stay on top of dry verm layer.  I don't so I'm asking your opinions/experiences thanks, best of luck.


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: GoldenGrowBoy]
    #22400709 - 10/18/15 11:09 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Alcohol wipe > flame sterilize > inject is what i do
Repeat for every injection


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: HappyNoob]
    #22400717 - 10/18/15 11:14 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Yea alcohol is not sterile nor does it sterilize, only used to sanitize.. If you push a flame sterilized syringe thru an alcohol soaked swab it would no longer be sterile.

Just flame sterilize between holes or at least between jars


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: GoldenGrowBoy]
    #22400806 - 10/18/15 11:47 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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GoldenGrowBoy said:
I will be inoculating soon does anyone recommend the idea of dipping cotton balls in Isoprop Alc then placing them over inoculation holes and sticking spore syringe through swab then into jar.  Seems like alchohol might get into the jar but maybe it will stay on top of dry verm layer.  I don't so I'm asking your opinions/experiences thanks, best of luck.



Sticking a flame sterilized syringe into an unsterile substance like alcohol is like wiping shit all over your face after a shower....

Flame needle till red hot, expunge a drop or 2 to cool needle, immediately inoculate media.


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: PussyFart]
    #22400820 - 10/18/15 11:54 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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GoldenGrowBoy said:

Sticking a flame sterilized syringe into an unsterile substance like alcohol is like wiping shit all over your face after a shower....

Flame needle till red hot, expunge a drop or 2 to cool needle, immediately inoculate media.




Man i did not know that, i always wipe my needle with an alcohol soaked paper towel to cool it down before sticking it in my jar. Thanks for the tip.


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: PussyFart]
    #22400880 - 10/19/15 12:28 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Quote:

GoldenGrowBoy said:
I will be inoculating soon does anyone recommend the idea of dipping cotton balls in Isoprop Alc then placing them over inoculation holes and sticking spore syringe through swab then into jar.  Seems like alchohol might get into the jar but maybe it will stay on top of dry verm layer.  I don't so I'm asking your opinions/experiences thanks, best of luck.



Sticking a flame sterilized syringe into an unsterile substance like alcohol is like wiping shit all over your face after a shower....

Flame needle till red hot, expunge a drop or 2 to cool needle, immediately inoculate media.




Couldn't you just flame the needle and go straight to inoculation?  It's going to cool as the first drops come out...
doing the 2 drops then inoculating doesn't have any apparent advantage to me.


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: invitro] * 1
    #22400944 - 10/19/15 01:15 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I don't use needles much but when I did I always slammed em hot.


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: invitro]
    #22400953 - 10/19/15 01:20 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

How embarrassing, a simple search would've informed me of my wrong doings. -smh- live and learn i guess.


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: invitro]
    #22400962 - 10/19/15 01:26 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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invitro said:
Couldn't you just flame the needle and go straight to inoculation?  It's going to cool as the first drops come out...
doing the 2 drops then inoculating doesn't have any apparent advantage to me.




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RogerRabbit said:
If you flame sterilize, anything you do afterward will only make the needle 'dirtier'. Why not just flame and use? Forget the alcohol after flaming. There is no need to cool down the needle. Just use hot and let the first drop or two of solution cool the needle, so the rest can flow contaminant free.




Hope this answers your question


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Re: Alcohol Cotton Balls [Re: MrSturgill]
    #22403491 - 10/19/15 01:02 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Thanks a lot super informative as usual. :syringe:


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