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Maintaining Your Instrument
Maintaining the Pedestals
286 NanoDrop One User Guide Thermo Scientific
To recondition the pedestals
1. Open the container of PR-1 compound and use the
provided applicator to remove a pin-head sized amount of
the compound.
2. Apply a thin, even layer of reconditioning compound to the
surface of the upper and lower pedestal.
Wait 30 seconds for the PR-1 compound to dry.
3. Fold a clean laboratory wipe into quarters and use it to
vigorously buff the surface of each pedestal.
Notice: Support the instrument arm with one hand while
you buff the upper pedestal to avoid damaging the arm.
Tip: Black residue on the wipe is normal.
4. Repeat step 3 with a new folded wipe until all residue is
removed and the pedestals buff clean.
5. Use canned air to remove any paper residue from the
pedestals.
6. Pipette 1 μL DI H
2
O onto the lower pedestal.
The DI H
2
O should “bead up” or form a rounded droplet.
Droplet “beads up” on
properly conditioned pedestal