Re: [ATM] Mirror question

[Michael Lindner <mikell@optonline.net>]

I got my first mirror back from the coater with the same note (except 
mine said it wasn't fully polished out *and* had lots of scratches). I 
can still see them today, but that scope is *wonderful*, and is my "grab 
and go" scope. The moral of the story - perfect is the enemy of good enough.

If you're going to eventually put it in a scope, why not do so first and 
see how it performs before throwing away so much effort?

Also, if you *do* decide to repolish/refigure, I polished off an 
aluminum coating, and it was a lot of work, and the effort of getting 
all the aluminum off left me with an odd hole that took a long time to 
refigure off. Putting the mirror in some PCB etchant solution takes no 
effort and you can start working on glass right away instead of aluminum.

My $0.02.

Clear skies.
-- 
Michael Lindner
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