I use Ni-NTA Agarose resin to purification a protein with his-tag tail. As I use it multiple times, it seem that it has lost the efficiency. I want to recharge it to become refreshed.
Remove the nickel by washing with 3 column volumes of 0.25M EDTA, wash the column with 3 column volumes of DI water to remove residual EDTA. I recommend then washing with 5 column volumes of 1M NaOH (check your column is compatible) to remove any non specificly bound proteins or precipitated proteins. Then wash with DI water to remove NaOH and recharge the column by washing for 3 volumes with 0.1M NiCl (or any other Ni2+ salt). Then wash with DI water again to remove residual nickel salt and store in 20% ethanol.