Pouring sequencing gels the old fashion way

[Michael Koch]

On Apr 17, 1996 00:21:55 in article <Pouring sequencing gels the old
fashion way>, 'rjordan at u.washington.edu (Rob Jordan)' wrote: 
 
Try to find a bottom spacer, never leaks unless you slap too little 
grease on them (especially on the edges).  
Some people in our lab pour them without any leak-guard. With a little  
initial help from gravity (tilting the plates up just ever so slightly)
they 
let capillary force suck the acrylamide between the plates. Seems to 
work rather well... even though I doubt that it was easy to learn.  
 
MIKE... 
 
 
>I know that everybody these days is raving about new, fast ways to pour  
>sequencing gels, but let's assume for the time being that I want to do it
the  
>old fashioned way and tape up the edges of the gel.  I've tried three
types of  
> 
>tape since moving to a new lab and all of them end up leaking (badly). 
Can  
>anyone give me a brand name and/or taping method they use to pour
leak-proof  
>gels?  Every time I've used a gel that has leaked I end up with lanes
sucked  
>to one side or the other. 
> 
>Thanks- 
>Rob 
>rjordan at u.washington.edu