sequencing gels

[tflanigan at molbiol.ox.ac.uk]

In article <1995Nov15.162935 at molbiol.ox.ac.uk>, tflanigan at molbiol.ox.ac.uk writes:
 RE: sequencing gels
 I hope someone can help!  We silanise one plate of the sequencing apparatus 
 with sigmacote and it's ben working well.  We now seem to have what appears to 
 be a build-up of silane on this plate and the gel seems to be sticking to it.
 We use decon as the detergent to clean the apparatus and use sigmacote 
 everytime we pour a gel.  Is this problem silane or something else?  If it is 
 silane, can anyone suggest a better detergent than decon? Is it possible that 
 we're using the sigmacote TOO OFTEN??!!
 Thanks in advance,
 
 Tom       tflanigan at molbiol.ox.ac.uk