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Re: Mirror recoating
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2019 Mar 26, 19:34 +0000
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2019 Mar 26, 19:34 +0000
Dustin Baenen wrote: "I don't know if this would work but came across a YouTube video the other day and thought It might be a cheap, easy way to resilver sextant mirrors. Does anyone have any experience with this 'mirror in a can'? Any thoughts. Seems like all one would have to do is scrape off any old silver backing, spray and pray." Just a warning: when you "scrape" do it very gently. The quality of this glass surface is important. It is better to use some chemical rather than mechanically scrape. Alex.