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Old 18-12-2012, 11:37 PM
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Gary, protostar will not / can not send their tubes offshore. They claim they are too long to post these days.

I got the flockboard today. It's a stiff black plastic with their flocking material on one side. I rolled it up, put it in the tube and it sprang open against the tube. I had 2 sections of it so it covered the length of the tube. It overlaps itself and appears to stay in place just fine, so far. Amazing stuff compared with the glue on versions...

Here's a pic of the focuser bracing before flockboard and a pic of the holographic laser image after the flockboard installation to get an idea of the difference. It really is very black.
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