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    Re: Mirror recoating
    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.
    
    
    

       
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