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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: sandman420]
    #27295465 - 05/05/21 12:21 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

My previous mention was for plastic petris, some guy on mycotek has been apparently reusing his for over a year. Another poster suggested using a towel they put in the PC to dry them off instead of using hot water to clean off the bleach. I'm a cheap bastard, so I'll be giving that a try :lol: Another user on that same thread apparently oven sterilizes them (2 hours, 150 C)! :shocked:

EDIT: Just put a few in the oven now.


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: ninja cat 09]
    #27295470 - 05/05/21 12:27 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

Wow, I can't see any of that would work.
I can't wait to see the responses to that!  :facepalm3:

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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: Inthepit]
    #27295477 - 05/05/21 12:35 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

It's not the first time I've seen it mentioned online, and here's a paper on using bleach to sterilize plastic petri dishes with good results and no inhibition of fungi growth by traces of NaOCl.

The oven thing I'm more convinced was to convince some idiot like me to put plastic in the oven, but I'll report back in a few hours to tell you if my house burnt down :lol:


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: ninja cat 09]
    #27295482 - 05/05/21 12:40 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

yea I dont know about that haha...you are wild

But I just looked it up and polystyrene has a glass transition temp of 212f./100c..

edit I put wrong number lol


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: sandman420]
    #27295531 - 05/05/21 01:31 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)



I use these small sized filter boxes for agar. I don't need to pour my agar into something after sterilization but I can't fit more than 4 of these in my PC at a time.

My vendor used to have even smaller size which was only shorter but had the same base, it's a shame they don't have them anymore, they were even better than these.

Edited by Shroombie2 (05/06/21 03:12 AM)

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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: Shroombie2]
    #27295551 - 05/05/21 01:50 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

I just use my kitchen stove (gas).
I turn it on high then start my sab setup and put my agar and stuff in

Then I stand up and walk over to my stove and flame my scalpel between plates and never had an issue. I just leave it over the flame for about 25 to 30 seconds till its red hot, then walk over to my table, sit down, cool blade in receiving dish and do my xfers

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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: sandman420]
    #27295576 - 05/05/21 02:05 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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whatup Taco!




Hey Sandy!  :hi: Good to see you. Just came out of the lurk to yell at some kids on the lawn.
Next week I think I'll step it up a bit and record speeders going past my house on my cell phone. :hehehe:


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: the_chosen_one] * 1
    #27295797 - 05/05/21 04:42 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

Well, it worked, sorta. I've gotten myself a very sterile paper weight:



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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: ninja cat 09] * 1
    #27295896 - 05/05/21 05:44 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

Ah yes, reedy to pour :ohwow:


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: sandman420]
    #27296508 - 05/06/21 03:11 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

It's really weird that there are still no petri dishes made of heatable plastic. Like the ones I use, but they are made for BRF cakes and not agar. I wish they started to make them shorter again. It's also weird that these stuff are not available to you in the US (I'm assuming?) since they are very light to transport (I understand Presto PC is not available in EU) and really makes this hobby so much easier.

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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: Shroombie2] * 1
    #27296543 - 05/06/21 04:57 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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It's really weird that there are still no petri dishes made of heatable plastic. Like the ones I use, but they are made for BRF cakes and not agar. I wish they started to make them shorter again. It's also weird that these stuff are not available to you in the US (I'm assuming?) since they are very light to transport (I understand Presto PC is not available in EU) and really makes this hobby so much easier.




Not petri dishes per se but these containers rock... no mods. Alien's Holy Grail No Pour Agar Unomodified Containers


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: myc_ousin_vinny]
    #27296657 - 05/06/21 07:40 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

Those seem great too!

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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: Shroombie2]
    #27296663 - 05/06/21 07:43 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

I love these, would prefer them clearer but they are so cheap and work like a charm.
Pp 5


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: DERRAYLD]
    #27296666 - 05/06/21 07:45 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

PP whats that now? :laugh:

Oh yea just PP.


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: sandman420]
    #27296670 - 05/06/21 07:47 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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PP whats that now?




I made sure to keep the space between the 5 and the pp to not upset you, I realize now it's just pp but then how would I differentiate between s and 5?

:cool:

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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: DERRAYLD]
    #27296677 - 05/06/21 07:49 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

I was called by god to change the ways of PP...what a lame calling.


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: sandman420]
    #27296683 - 05/06/21 07:51 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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I was called by god to change the ways of PP...what a lame calling.



As long as you put the pp first.... always put the pp first

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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: myc_ousin_vinny]
    #27296821 - 05/06/21 09:52 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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Not petri dishes per se but these containers rock... no mods. Alien's Holy Grail No Pour Agar Unomodified Containers



I completely forgot about those! If I can't get the bleach to sterilize the petris enough, I'll look into getting some in Mexico!


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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: ninja cat 09]
    #27301470 - 05/09/21 10:36 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

Found a bigger torch for $30, although still mostly butane (some perscentage propane) it has much larger flame and the same scalpel turn all red within 3 seconds. And it has a continuous mode :smile: Now this part of mycology is going to become a joy :laugh:

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Re: Scalpel not turning red [Re: Shroombie2]
    #27309744 - 05/15/21 11:33 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

So, I put my money where my mouth is and did some tests on the 13th of May, I had a pair of control plates where I was able to get (a thinner) scalpel red hot and did a few cuts on two different dishes, flaming between dishes:


Then, using a thicker scalpel which doesn't get red as easily, I flamed it for 10 seconds and did the same, it also sizzled when touching the agar the first time:


Then, I did some transfer practice, using the blade from the control plates, but only flaming it for 10 seconds each transfer, you can see some contams, but it's because I sprayed too much soap water on the top of my SAB and a drop fell and splashed. No contams so far on any of the cuts or transfers (the spots on the receiving plate are sawdust)


I wanted to wait longer, but since I saw contams which didn't originate from the blade, so I posted now before it became more difficult to differentiate. I'll update in a few days. Finally, the blue plates (except for the plate which received the transfer) are PSYA (Potato, Sugar, Yeast, Agar) plates without the potato because I'm a doofus and I forgot, the green ones are a premix of PDA which contams grow fine on :lol: and the dish that received the transfers is PSYA + sawdust.


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