Hi Everyone,
I've been toying with the idea of coating my own telescope mirrors. By coating, I mean vacuum physical vapor deposition with aluminum and some kind of SiOx overcoat.
I might be able to acquire an old commercial-grade coating system, with an ~18" or so diameter chamber. It's been sitting unused for at least a decade, maybe more.
If I had the thing up and running, would anyone be interested in having their mirrors recoated locally (I live downtown Ottawa)?
I've never done this before, so it's definitely going to be amateur quality (at least initially).
Thanks,
-Adam
