Hi Barry,

Excellent article here. In fact, many of the steps you detail here were also mentioned on the Yahoo Unitron Telescopes forum, which you founded and moderated. It was yours that I adopted and learned how to restore the telescopes that I have done.

You mentioned using Krylon's Ivory White on the shortened f/11 telescope. In your opinion, was this a very close match to the aged Unitron color?

As you may know, I restored a 4 inch Unitron from what would have been a trash heap. I used Rust Oleum High Gloss White. That was really white! I was thinking of just lightly sanding that surface with a 400 or 600 grit sandpaper and applying a few coats of a enamel that would most closely match the Unitron white scheme. But that's maybe a later on project.