Re: ATM AstroFest Mirror Silvering

[Stephen Tonkin <astro@aegis1.demon.co.uk>]

Neil Pegg <Neil.Pegg@src.bae.co.uk> writes
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>Stephen Tonkin wrote recently;
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>(re silver nitrate)
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>>This side of the pond they are (or were a year or so ago) UKP15 (ish)
>>for 25g of 99.8% minimum assay and UKP60 (ish) for  25g ANALAR.
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>Do you have the name of the supplier for this plus the other chemicals 
>(NaOH & Ammonia I think)?

Philip Harris
Lynn Lane
Shenstone
Lichfield
Staffs WS14 0EE


>I've always wanted to silver my mirror if not blow myself up in the bargain!

One of the reasons I haven't tried it is that I _know_ I wouldn't be
able to resist intentionally making fulminates -- I'm still a small boy
at heart when it comes to making things go bang.


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Stephen Tonkin            :    UK Amateur Telescope Making Pages
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