You use the alconox solution BEFORE aluminizing. Or at least that's what we did. I suspect, but do not know for sure, that if you use it on an already-aluminizers mirror, it might remove the aluminum.
Guy
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Hi,
I am a newcomer interested in that stuff.
I would have been interesred to know if I could directly after that aluminize thz mirror or I will have something to do ?
Charles Rydel
--- In VacuumX@..., Dave McGuire
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> On 07/12/2012 01:03 AM, Guy Brandenburg wrote:
> > A friend of mine suggested Alconox as a new cleaning agent for use on
> > mirrors prior to aluminization. I have tried it and found that it seems
> > to work many, many times faster and more effectively at producing a
> > mirror that the water flows off of like a sheet. No other detergent
> > comes close. Nobody paid me anything for this testimonial; I don't know
> > if anybody on this list has tried the stuff.
>
> I second this recommendation. I've used Alconox for years to clean
> lab glassware and related items. It's good stuff.
>
> -Dave
>
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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