4. Step 1 Carefully place the item you want to look at in the center of a clean, glass slide. Make sure the sample is thin enough for light to pass through.
5. Step 2 Use a dropper to place one or two drops of water on the sample.
6. Step 3 Hold a clean cover slip by the edges and place it at one edge of the water. Slowly lower the cover slip onto the water until it lies flat.
7. Step 4 If you have to much water or a lot of air bubbles, touch the edge of a paper towel to the edge of the cover slip to draw off extra water and draw out unwanted air.
8. Step 1 and 2 1.Use a prepared wet-mount slide 2.Place one drop of dye to the outside edge of the slip cover
9. Step 3 Place a paper towel at the end of the cover slip opposite the stain. The towel will draw the stain under the cover slip staining the specimen.
