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doug76
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/05/07
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Loc: SE Louisiana
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Your absolute, believe in it till death, best recommendation. (Don't take the death part too seriously) 
Doug
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Bart
sage
Reged: 05/28/06
Posts: 239
Loc: Inside the (DC) Beltway
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You can buy sheets of black felt that has adhesive on the back at your local arts and crafts supply shop. It works great and it's not nearly as expensive as the ProtoStar flocking.
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DennisF
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/03/06
Posts: 861
Loc: Northern IL
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While somewhat dated, I think you'll be interested in this CN review & testing of different materials.
http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=85
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10" XTi
C6 SE
ETX 125 (no more)
SV 102ED
SV80ED
PortaMount (no more)
SV M1
Original AYO EzTouch mount
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Wes James
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/12/06
Posts: 2462
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In what kind of/size tube???
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Wes
Atlantic Beach, FL
Some bino’s from Miyauchi 5x32 Binon's up through Garrett 20x110 Signature's,
Some telescopes from a Stellarvue 80mm NHNG up through a couple of 8” reflectors…
And a wonderful 4.25" Delmarva Shiefspiegler!
Some good friends, made here on C/N.
Oh- several cats and a wonderful wife!
Anyone want a cat???? :-O
"When your work speaks for itself- Don't Interrupt" -Gamble Rogers
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RRavneberg
professor emeritus
Reged: 12/02/05
Posts: 632
Loc: Columbus, OH
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You can buy sheets of black felt that has adhesive on the back at your local arts and crafts supply shop. It works great and it's not nearly as expensive as the ProtoStar flocking.
It's not the same. Felt will shed fibers. The Protostar material is Rayon-based (I believe) and won't shed fibers inside your telescope.
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Ron Ravneberg
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Bart
sage
Reged: 05/28/06
Posts: 239
Loc: Inside the (DC) Beltway
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I never had a problem with shedding fibers.YMMV.
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Mead 12" LightBridge
Orion 127mm Mak
Orion 80ED
Orion Short Tube 80
Baader Hyperion 3.5,5,8,13,17,24mm
Baader Hyperion Aspheric 31mm
Orion Sirius 25mm
Celestron Plossl 4,6,9,15,32mm
Orion UltraView 10x50
Canon XTi
My two eyes
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doctordub
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 01/11/06
Posts: 908
Loc: New Rochelle, New York
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Scopestuff has excellent flocking material that is easy to use.
http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_flok.htm
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Jonathan
TeleVue TV102 on Vixen SXW mount
Meade LXD 55 SN10/UHTC Modified
Jason 60mm F11
Canon 15x50 IS
Olympus E-510, 14-42, 40-150 Zuiko
Meade DSI, LPI
TeleVue:
Binovue & 2X Cor.
3x barlow, 2x 5mm, 2x7mm,
12mm, 17mm & 2-4mm Zoom Naglers,
2x24mm, & 27mm panoptics,
55mm Plossl & 3mm Radian
2" OIII & Nebustar filters
Siebert Power Mag wheel
Lumicon Filter selecter &
2" focal reducer
Celestron: 7 1.25" color filters
7.5mm, 26mm eps & 2X ultima barlow
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Joe Cipriano
Entropy Personified
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Scopestuff has excellent flocking material that is easy to use.
http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_flok.htm
I'll second that. My ED80 and SN6 are both flocked with the Scopestuff stuff - nice contrast increase in both, and no shedding. Be careful of the adhesive, though - it sticks RIGHT NOW, and is a pain to remove if you don't get your placement just right.
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In the Land of Eternal Light Pollution & Great Pizza (Chicago)
SN-6, ED80, WO 66SD
Meade 208xt, SBIG ST-4
D70 (modified)
CGE (way modified)
A Wife who understands (unmodified)
Some other stuff...
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Douglas Adams
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Owen
sage
Reged: 06/21/07
Posts: 356
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To stop the felt shedding - apply a liberal coating of hairspray before application 
Owen
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doug76
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/05/07
Posts: 2652
Loc: SE Louisiana
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In what kind of/size tube???
6" f/5 reflector, the Celestron Omni XLT150
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RRavneberg
professor emeritus
Reged: 12/02/05
Posts: 632
Loc: Columbus, OH
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I've posted this before, but don't want to go searching for the old post.
When I flock a small diameter tube I usually apply the flocking material directly to a sheet of Mylar or acetate purchased from an art supply house. I then cut the sheet to size to make a sleeve that inserts into the telescope tube, seal the meeting edge with tape (not on the flocked side), slip it into the telescope tube and secure it with the normal tube attachments that hold finders, focusers and cells in place. This isn't a refractor, but here's a small RFT treated that way.
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Ron Ravneberg
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Wes James
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/12/06
Posts: 2462
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In what kind of/size tube???
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6" f/5 reflector, the Celestron Omni XLT150
Ron Ravenburg's method is probably the best for a tube that size. I asked, because on a larger sized tube, such as a Yazoo tube (my previous experiences) or Sonotube, many of us use a small 2-3" roller on a pole- paint the inside of the tube with a flat black enamel- paint a 2nd wet coat and cap one end and pour in a few cups of sawdust, swirl it around- then dump it out. Let it dry- then roller one more coat on... gives a good anti-reflective surface, the sawdust adding a texture to the surface. Obviously a little tough to do in a smaller tube.
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Wes
Atlantic Beach, FL
Some bino’s from Miyauchi 5x32 Binon's up through Garrett 20x110 Signature's,
Some telescopes from a Stellarvue 80mm NHNG up through a couple of 8” reflectors…
And a wonderful 4.25" Delmarva Shiefspiegler!
Some good friends, made here on C/N.
Oh- several cats and a wonderful wife!
Anyone want a cat???? :-O
"When your work speaks for itself- Don't Interrupt" -Gamble Rogers
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