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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: BreakTheSOB]
    #24689383 - 10/06/17 07:25 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

Useing potato flakes..so i guess cut those back a bit


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Variegated]
    #24689385 - 10/06/17 07:26 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

Order some lme off amazon, you’ll thank me later


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Variegated]
    #24689413 - 10/06/17 07:42 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

Fuck I finally broke down and bought a digital scale just for my agar work....didn't have a use for a scale before...but couldn't get my pda right so I said fuck it...


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Leftfield420]
    #24689803 - 10/06/17 10:14 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

agar should always be solid... othewise you can't use it. room temp is best, but as long as it's solid you should be fine. you can leave plates sealed in your pc for a really long time. if they were sterilized properly they won't contam, only dry out eventually


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: tryptkaloids]
    #24690716 - 10/07/17 11:12 AM (6 years, 4 months ago)

Just wondering. i have 2 sets of plates going using PDA.. do your guys flakes dissolve? or can you still see them in the agar mixture when done?

Also.. why sugar and agar? why not just one or the other? not sure on the purpose of each is all..


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Josex]
    #24690797 - 10/07/17 11:56 AM (6 years, 4 months ago)

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After pouring your plates you should always wait until they solidify before introducing them in the pc, just to make sure they're good to go.




Why? I use a premix of MEA that I mix with cold water and pour in cold so it doesn't solidify at all. Never had an issue that I know of.


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: stareatclouds]
    #24691759 - 10/07/17 05:55 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

Well of course you don't have to, but it can't hurt telling them fucking noobs to wait, so they don't fuck it up :rockon:

The reason I do it is because by the time I finish pouring the last plate half the bactch has solidified already.


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Josex]
    #24691831 - 10/07/17 06:13 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

Right, but what is the advantage of waiting? I don't get what will get fucked up by putting non-solid plates in the PC?


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: stareatclouds]
    #24691904 - 10/07/17 06:32 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

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I don't get what will get fucked up by putting non-solid plates in the PC?



Because you could by accident make a batch with very little agar that just won't solidify, so if you wait till the agar cools down before loading them plates in the pc you could check if the mix will solidify or not. It wouldn't be funny to sterilize a batch of agar only to discover they aren't solid.

That "accident" may happen for several reasons, you can be a beginner eyeballing the amounts, or maybe someone trying for the first time an agar-agar they don't know the strenght of, or maybe you're drunk af and can't even read the scale, or your scale is fucked up, you name it. You certainly don't need to wait till the plates solidify, but I'd always recommend a beginner to do so.


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Josex]
    #24692007 - 10/07/17 07:02 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

it also helps with condensation


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: tryptkaloids]
    #24692015 - 10/07/17 07:05 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

You think?


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Josex]
    #24692085 - 10/07/17 07:24 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

I think a big reason no pours get condensation is because you trap everything evaporating from the hot water inside the container. let it evaporate completely and you have less of a problem with internal moisture content


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: tryptkaloids]
    #24692136 - 10/07/17 07:39 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

I've tried putting the lids on the plates as soon as I'm done pouring and loading them in the pc with all the condensation from the steam (I do that most of the times). I've also tried letting all the condensation evaporate before putting the lids on (cos I had to take a crap or something). Same shit :shrug: and if there's a difference it's negligible at most. If someone says they noticed an improvement I'll trust they're being sincere, it's just not my experience.

IMO, main reason everyone should wait the 5 or so minutes it takes the plates to solidify before loading them in the pc is because if you don't, you could drop a plate accidentaly and the still liquid agar mix could smudge up the tape, which is something I for one would not like happening.


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Josex]
    #24692170 - 10/07/17 07:49 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

in hundreds of plates I've never had one plate fail to solidify


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: tryptkaloids]
    #24692281 - 10/07/17 08:24 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

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in hundreds of plates I've never had one plate fail to solidify




This.  Who has this problem?


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Inocuole]
    #24692360 - 10/07/17 08:40 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

I don't :shrug:
Well... maybe that one time I poured 300ml of extra water into the measuring jar, don't know what I was thinking :facepalm: or that one time I got this shitty agar that came in thin strands that just wouldn't solidify using standard ratios. Shit may indeed happen and it won't hurt to wait some minutes till the agar solidifies, above all if it's your first time doing it.


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: tryptkaloids]
    #24692368 - 10/07/17 08:41 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

I pour mine and cover with paper towels for about 45 mins .. has helped with condensation a lot. I also swirl them after cooldown but still warm helps a lot too


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Josex]
    #24692374 - 10/07/17 08:43 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

What if it does hurt?  I don't know how much more I can take. :sad:


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Inocuole]
    #24692412 - 10/07/17 08:54 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

We all know it hurts, hang in there bud :hug:


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Re: Pasty Agar Tek [Re: Josex]
    #24692424 - 10/07/17 08:57 PM (6 years, 4 months ago)

Or use those minutes wisely man, watch a porn or whatever the fuck.


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