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Originally Posted by Wilso
Yes. The only issue is they don’t guarantee what colour your going to get, it’s whatever is in stock at the time. Which I think is pretty poor on their behalf.
So if you spend thousands of dollars on new mount, scopes etc, they could come in a mix match of colours.
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I had this issue on a few occasions Darren. In particular, I ordered the last PM-1 mount Tak made which had the blue finish and the planet fork set assuming it was blue as well but in fact was Tak green. I complained about this but was told that that Tak never made any with the blue finish and that was that. So, I just went up to the local Mitre 10 and took a part off the fork set and had it scanned. I bought a one litre tin of Taubmans Endure Ultra semi-gloss enamel which wasn't cheap but turned out to be a perfect match colour and gloss wise. I did the same thing earlier last year and had a tin of Tak green made up. I've painted a couple off CAA's and finder stalks to match the OTA's and have been very happy with the results. There doesn't seem to be any residual paint smell after a couple of weeks. I found that dabbing the paint on with a small stiff brush worked best rather than brush strokes.
I've attached a pic of my Mewlon 180 with the R & P focuser which was originally green as well as the planet fork set which was also Tak green.
