Re: [ATM] Aluminum Mirrors [was 'newbie question']

["Malcolm McDonald" <toliman@wave.co.nz>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hunter" <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com>
To: "Michael Byorick" <mbyorick@aznex.net>; <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Aluminum Mirrors [was 'newbie question']


> Hmmm... Using India Ink for polishing aluminum. Who wouldda thought.
>
>  Seems to me I was reading about that in the old 3 book ATM series about 
> 35 years ago and reported such several years ago on the ATM List. Amazing 
> that you can just wait a couple years and "Discover and Patent" a new 
> technology that is ages old.
>
>  I bet that if you did a search under my name or the title of "polishing 
> aluminum mirror" you'd be able to verify this one. If I wasn't so lazy, 
> I'd do it.
>
>  Ken Hunter

Yes Ken.   I remember the talk of India Ink being used on aluminum,   and a 
few of my fuzzy old brain cells seem to be saying that a 'lead' lap was 
recommended for polishing. That's going back a bit.............

                     Malcolm


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