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Old 26-02-2015, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post
The area of the chip is so small that is very unlikely to degrade the images given by the scope. If you're worried about water getting under the coating, short of recoating the whole mirror, I'd put a drop of black flat paint on the tiny hole to seal it.
Yup. Just what I was thinking too. And as Ken says "very carefully"...

This will do two things, re-seals the coating, and stops any interference of unwanted reflections from the shattered surfaces becoming a nuisance with bright objects.
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