Re: ATM Silvering Techniques

["Paul Hettrick" <P.Hettrick@bom.gov.au>]

>>
>> This may sound strange, but keep food away from the telescope.
>> Anything that has onions in it can do a silver mirror in rapidly.
>
>So can felt, which is known to offgas sulfur compounds. Bad news
>for some of us:-(
>
>D Chaffee
>Kansas City, Mo

This could be extended to include any animal hair/fur based products (for
those that are not aware, felt is made from rabbit hair) as hair contains
lots of sulfur.

Paul Hettrick