How to Clean Stages

Put on gloves before this process! First we take the stages into the chemistry room and use a scraper to get as much carbon tape off as possible. Then we put the stages in a beaker filled with acetone and let it sit for 10-15 minutes, during this process keep the acetone under a fume hood. The fume hood is used to prevent inhalation of the acetone fumes by slowly vacuuming out the air in the chamber. After the stages soak we rub the stages with a paper towel to make sure they are completely cleaned off. Next the stages are washed under water and dried off again, ready to use again.


Scraper is in between the scalpel and tweezers (bottom right). Acetone is to the top right and the glove can clearly be seen (it is blue).


Here is Asaph Ko cleaning the stages.

Here is a video of Asaph Ko cleaning the stages.