Re: [ATM] Aluminizing

["Scott Ewart" <scott.e@quicksurfer.com>]

Richard,
    I haven't taken the 8" to Spectrum yet.  I'm hand delivering and picking
up.  The 2 mirrors I had done there last year are fine.

Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Schwartz" <richas@earthlink.net>
To: "'Scott Ewart'" <scott.e@quicksurfer.com>; <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Aluminizing


So, after re-coating, is the surface any better?

. . . Richard



-----Original Message-----
    From: "Scott Ewart" <scott.e@quicksurfer.com>
    Sent: 1/16/05 8:38:34 PM
    To: "atm@atmlist.net" <atm@atmlist.net>
    Subject: Re: [ATM] Aluminizing

Mark,
        I think Beral coatings that are still in good shape after 30 or 40
or even 10 years are a testament to how good they used to be.  But that was
Dudley Leroy Clausing back then.  Now it's H.L. Clausing.  Just because it's
still the same family doesn't mean they still do things exactly the way they
used to.
        Some people still swear by them.  I've heard from others who've had
problems.  I had an 8" done by them a couple years ago.  It looked great at
first, but after less than a month, it already looked a little hazy.  I just
stripped it to have it re-coated by Spectrum.  It wasn't horrible, just not
what I wanted to settle for anymore.
        I'm sure they still do good work, but as my experience showed me,
they're not consistent.  They are the cheapest I've seen, though.  At least
they used to be.

Scott




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