[wayne anderson (Wayne)]

Hi Peter,

I was thinking of flocking my LX200 a while back and found the Spotlight store at
Kawana sunshine coast QLD sells self adhesive black felt by the metre on a roll
one metre wide, other stores may also have it, I can’t remember the price.

This thread may also help:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=61794

Also I found this any many other interesting articles about SCT flocking in the
MAPUG-Astronomy Topical Archive. If you don’t have it already you can
download it from

http://www.wideman.org/MAPUG/MAPUG_T...11-27-2006.pdf

Subject: Flocking & Black Painting -- Best and Easiest Methods to
Increase Contrast? --part 2
From: Roger Thompson <rthompsn nb.sympatico.ca>

I flocked my OTA a few months back, and I had the same concerns, here is what I
did. I went out to Staples (a local stationary/ office supply outlet) and purchased a
laminated calander, the one I got was about 24" x 36" and was only about $9.00.
The lamenated sheet was cut to fit against the inside wall of the OTA, when I did a
test fit, it actually snapped solidly into place, I then removed the lamenated sheet
and flocked the sheet! I then put the flocked sheet back into the OTA, and it
snapped in perfectly. The seam is invisable, I highly recommend this method since
you do not get any of the sticky flocking paper anywhere near any optics.
The baffle can be removed and flocked also. It really is not that difficult to do if care
is taken. I had a large bench set-up with nothing nearby to trip over or hit.
The primary mirror does not have to be removed. (your choice, depending on how
much you want to flock. As the for the corrector, just be sure to have a mark on the
corrector edge to align the corrector before you remove it so you can align it when
you replace it. Note: See how to remove a stuck corrector here in the Archives.
I used any extra flocking material to flock diagonals, and eyepieces.

I hope this may help you.

Wayne.