Unsilanizing sequencing plates?

[Hiranya Roychowdhury]

At 05:57 PM 2/11/98 GMT, REWHLAB wrote:
>Hi, Is there any way to easily remove the silanizing coating on glass plates?  
>The plates were coated using Sigma coat.  We have washed several times with 
>detergent without any noticable effect.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Rew
>
>Rewhlab at cbdn.ca
>
>

Soak in 0.5M NaOH or KOH for several hours. There is also a commercially
available "polisher" that strips off the silane. It's called Sequestrip.