| BarrySimon615 |
| (Pooh-Bah) |
| 03/31/08 12:21 PM |
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Re: Restoring and Repainting Classic Telescopes
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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?
No, not at all, the Plasti Kote FM 8141 would be a better match for a "new condition" Unitron. I went with the Ivory color because I liked it. Kind of reminded me of the early 90's/mid 90's TeleVue Genesis color. The Ivory is a creamy look color and gives the telescope richness. The Unitron photo that I have posted above does not really show the Ivory color well, the photo makes the Unitron look whiter than it really is.
Barry