Hi, i just moved here from the U.S. for a year. I've an 18" Obsession at home. I brought my TV85 here and my eyepieces. I just bought a Bintel (GSO) 302 mm dob and assembled it in my living room. I haven't applied the Armor All to the ground board laminate yet. Despite a nice loose center bolt connection, the azimuth motion is stiff. I note the GSO folks didn't bother with any laminatae on this suface, other than the relatively fine verneer covering their glue board surfaces; it's the same all over. I wondered -if the Armor All doesn't work - about adding some larger higher quality virgin teflon pads adn some true Ebony star (i.e. same coarseness feature of WilsonArt laminate, be it whatever color).
Any sources for this in Melbourne? The laminate and virgin teflon pads?
Anyone done similar with their GSO dob?
Thanks
Scott
