2. Place a piece of blotting paper over the smear and saturate with malachite green. 3. Let the malachite green sit on the slide for one minute and proceed to the next step. 4. Holding the slide with forceps, carefully heat the slide in the flame of a bunsen burner until the stain just begins to steam. Remove the slide from the heat until steaming stops; then gently reheat. Continue steaming the smear in this manner for five minutes. As the malachite green evaporates, continually add more. Do not let the paper dry out.2. Place a piece of blotting paper over the smear and saturate with malachite green. 3. Let the malachite green sit on the slide for one minute and proceed to the next step. 4. Holding the slide with forceps, carefully heat the slide in the flame of a bunsen burner until the stain just begins to steam. Remove the slide from the heat until steaming stops; then gently reheat. Continue steaming the smear in this manner for five minutes. As the malachite green evaporates, continually add more. Do not let the paper dry out