[anthony2302749]

Originally Posted by janoskiss

Careful with that armourall. I know Roger from Bintel recommends it too. But one Dob that had that done was Wombat's at Snake Valley. Apparently the armourall worked allright at first but then went sticky pretty quickly. The base on that Dob had the worst sticktion I've ever seen. Maybe temperature extremes do funny things to that stuff. I'm too scared to touch it after having seen Wombat's scope.

I would suspect that the “Armourall” had not been applies correctly in this case. The Armourall needs to be polished on to the base board same way you would polished it on to the dash of your car. Any excess Armourall would need to be wiped off before assembling the base. If excess Armourall was left on the base it could in all likelihood become sticky, but this is questionable, as your know your dash does not become sticky after applying Armourall.

When reassembling the base care must be take not to over tighten the centre bolt as it controls the tension between the base and Teflon pads. To loose the scope will move quickly at the slights touch, to tight the scope will be difficult to move.