Re: ATM telescope tubes

[Bob Bond <rgb@ncube.com>]

I'd just have it powder coated blue or white or something and forget about 
buffing and polishing it.  I used irrigation tube on a 6", painted it, and 
wish I had powder coated it.

                 Bob

At 03:26 PM 10/3/01 +0100, Daniel Fundo wrote:

><< What is the best way to preserve a buffed/polished aluminum surface?
> >>
>
>1.  Clear coat anodizing.
>2.      Clear powder coat.
>3.      Water based polyurethane (it's colorless, the solvent based stuff is
>amber.)
>4.      Clear lacquer.
>
>
>*****-----
>Dan F.
>Secretary/MAS
>Memphis, TN