Cyanoacrylate and DFO, from euphoria to reality

Fluorescent staining of the cyanoacrylate developed prints was known in the early 1980’s. Initially this technique could only be used by labs equipped with a laser, like the argon ion laser, even today an expensive light source. With the availability of cheaper light sources, most of them specially built for the forensic community, fluorescent staining of prints developed with cyanoacrylate became an affordable and routine technique for many police forces.