Re: ATM [Fwd: Removing scratches and pits from coated mirrors.]

["James W. Burrows" <burrjaw@halcyon.com>]

JACQUES LORD wrote:  
 
> I had my 6 inch stripped by QSP (?) in Santa Ana.  My 8-inch is still
> coated.  Do I have to get it stripped, or can I wipe it out in a session
> or two of 180 grit?

I asked the same question of the list before a refiguring job.  The
consensus was to polish away, which worked fine.  Probably even easier to
remove the coating with grinding.

     -- Jim Burrows:     (206)244-2933, fax -0294
     -- E-mail:     burrjaw@halcyon.com
     -- Seattle:    WGS84 lat 0.828547, long -2.135692 (rad)