Satin or gloss?

[LewisM]

Just finished the final satin white coats to the old 150mm refractor. I like it, but...

Will adding a gloss clear enhance the paint protection much? Would gloss white look decent?

Most scopes do have a coat of clear over the paint. I suppose I could buy a satin clear and do it that way, but have automotive gloss clear on hand.

Pictures below. I shot it with DyMark satin white paint - superb adhesion, settling and uniformity.

[ZeroID (Brent)]

I like satin or semigloss rather than a full gloss personally. Sounds like you've got the spray gear to do whatever you like. Nice ..

[alexV]

Gloss will show all imperfections

[LewisM]

Keeping it semi gloss - love it as is. GAP linear focused arrived today, so can reassemble finally

[omegacrux (David)]

It's going to look way better than that blue
Not a fan of the blue
Semi gloss , matt would be hard to get finger prints off

David

[LewisM]

I found the blue decidedly off-putting. Hence the facelift.

All done, reassembled, new focuser installed. Just waiting on the finderscope base I forgot to order. With my 2kg of lead in the focuser end, it balances MUCH better, and the upset moments from bumping are dampened.

I'll download some pictures soon.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

yea keep it satin Lewis , looking forward to photos of the finished scope , looks good even now.
Brian.

Originally Posted by LewisM

Keeping it semi gloss - love it as is. GAP linear focused arrived today, so can reassemble finally

[2stroke (Jay)]

You would probably end up cut and polishing it to much with a gloss due to scratches showing, lol break out the carnauba wax. I think white is really needed bad when its dark, dark colors just arn't practical even though they look sweet, synta should have factored that in lol.