Re: ATM 1st mirror, polishing for 2+ hours :-)

[Dan Brown <brownd@holmes.uchastings.edu>]

On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Tom Krajci wrote:

> 3.  Most of the grayness vanished at about the 1 to 1.5 hour point.  
> I can still see slight grayness, and it'll probably take another four 
> or so hours before a laser pointer and other bright lights stop 
> showing greyness.

        After polishing for about an hour, I didn't see any "grayness" in 
my mirror (8" f/6)--which probably means I don't know what I'm looking 
for.  How would I notice this?
 
> 4.  I pressed the lap with some plastic window screening for a micro 
> texture.  After each texturing pressing (and a cold press without the 

        I've been meaning to ask for a while--what is the 
purpose/intended benefit of this practice?  I see it mentioned often, but 
I don't see much discussion of what good it's supposed to do.  What 
drawbacks are there, if any?

        Also, about how long should I expect to polish with CeO?  Tex's 
book discusses only rouge, and CeO is supposed to polish much quicker 
(right?).

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