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Originally Posted by Kunama
A very nice score on the Santel Lewis, bargain of the century !!!
I tend to disagree with Nick on the bare aluminium thing and I think there are quite a few who would also go with bare aluminium though perhaps not on fully enclosed Maksutovs. Horses for Courses comes to mind.....
There is a good reason why Antony Wesley, Trevor Barry and Phil Miles all use bare aluminium tubed Newtonians for their superb planetary imaging....
Look forward to you treating this Mak to some "MichelangeLewising".
(Lewis's DIY efforts are way above the usual DIYs we see...)
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Thanks Matt - indeed, a super score!
It won't be bare metal - it's going to be Antique White USA from Dulux. All mixed up in epoxy 2pack ready to go.