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Advice please
Hi Guys
A few nights ago I left my scope out under my patio to get in some morning viewing. When I tried Jupiter I couldn't understand why the view looked washed out as the sky and seeing looked great. I then checked the scope with a torch and found that a slug or an army of them had crawled all over my mirror.I tried as per advice on the forum, cleaning the mirror which at first I thought turned out well, then when I looked at Jupiter again I had a job to see any of the belts where as before they were clear. I called into BTOW here in Perth and had a look at the mirror on a new SW 10", and I could see right away that my mirror looked slightly cloudy all over. I don't know if I caused this when I cleaned it as it was my first time cleaning a mirror, or if some chemical in the slugs slime had effected the coating. Now to coating.
I called and spoke to Issac at Chi Qin Co and got a price to strip and recoat the mirror and with a protective coating. I also looked at Astro Optical Supplies site and their price for a 12" mirror coating is quite a few dollars cheaper than CQC but their site doesn't say anything about clear coating.
What I am looking for is if there is another way to clean my mirror other than with soapy water and sterilised water rinse. If not who would you advise would be the best to get my mirror coated.
Thanks Guy's
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