Matthew Ota
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Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 1237
Loc: Los Angeles, California
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Some nice automobile wax returns your telescope to showroom floor finish!
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Matthew Ota
Meade LX250GPS 10 inch SCT (Frankenscope)
Orion ED 80
Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha
TheSky 6 Pro
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Joe Lalumia
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/24/07
Posts: 4132
Loc: Rockwall, Texas, USA
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I use the exact same brand of wax! It works great just as you described.
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LX90 8" LNT, SV Nighthawk & TelePOD, ETX 90, Orion XT10i, SV 80/9d, 20x80 binoculars www.texasastro.org
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." - Albert Einstein
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Joseph Gillman
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/06/05
Posts: 2975
Loc: Due south of the North Pole (A...
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You're kidding, right? 
There's no exposed blue metal on your telescope! 
THe RCX is carbon fiber so I'm not sure wax will do it any good.
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Matthew Ota
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 1237
Loc: Los Angeles, California
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My scope is an LX50 OTA put into an LX200 Fork Mount
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Matthew Ota
Meade LX250GPS 10 inch SCT (Frankenscope)
Orion ED 80
Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha
TheSky 6 Pro
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GeorgeDuke
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/24/03
Posts: 1602
Loc: PARADISE! (So.Florida)
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Car Polish usually has an abrasive to clean off road scum.
I have been using Meguiars spray quik wax on my equipment for years and it works great.
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George
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SkyShed POD XL-3
LX200GPS 203mm f10
StellarVue SV102ED2 Feathertouch Ser#0018
LXD75 GOTO with Orion 16" pier extension
Baader Hyperion 8mm ,13mm, 21mm + FTRs
2" GSO ED barlow, 2" SV Dielectric and Orion Prism Diagonals
Edited by GeorgeDuke (10/26/09 08:49 AM)
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Joseph Gillman
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/06/05
Posts: 2975
Loc: Due south of the North Pole (A...
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Are you talking about the forks or the blue metal, Matthew?
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RonBurgundy
sage
Reged: 06/16/09
Posts: 422
Loc: Philadelphia
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Hmmmm... Frankly, I've never heard of waxing a telescope. If I may say, this is a pretty humorous thread. I suppose I would be afraid to do this; I've never been one to take chances with fussy equipment. Interesting post, though. Quite unexpected 
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Kipp Ginsburg
8" LX200-ACF
Orion 120mm F/5.0 Piggybacked Refractor
Meade UWA Set [4.7mm-30mm]
DSI-II
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RonBurgundy
sage
Reged: 06/16/09
Posts: 422
Loc: Philadelphia
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Hmmmm... Frankly, I've never heard of waxing a telescope. If I may say, this is a pretty humorous thread. I suppose I would be afraid to do this; I've never been one to take chances with fussy equipment. Interesting post, though. Quite unexpected
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Kipp Ginsburg
8" LX200-ACF
Orion 120mm F/5.0 Piggybacked Refractor
Meade UWA Set [4.7mm-30mm]
DSI-II
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Bob Griffiths
Getting Grouchy
Reged: 10/10/05
Posts: 7274
Loc: Frederick Maryland
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Quote:
Car Polish usually has an abrasive to clean off road scum.
I have been using Meguiars spray quik wax on my equipment for years and it works great.
Hey George...as someone who restores and shows his cars I never use wax...ONLY use polish.. as few polishes contain any abrasives... (they also do not protect as well as wax)
I used Meguiars number 26 for years but switched over to Finish First and I buy in Gallon quantities...and I always use Finish Fast spray detailer to highlight the shine right before I robe off the cars at a show...
BYW...
The robes are not for kids...who generally are not a problem although I did have one go in one door of my car and out the other carrying cotton candy once.. The robes are to protect our cars from their mothers who love swinging a big pocket book around that may scratch My car...
Seriously... ! Moms are the enemy... LOL
Bob G.
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CPC1100
Nexstar 8i + GPS & Rays Brackets
Denk S1 power switch
Orion 100 mm Refractor
Meade LXD 55 ...AR-5 127 mm Refractor
Exploradome Observatory S.I.E. (Smiling Irish Eyes)
Gerbring Heated Motorcycle clothing in the winter
39*21'03" N
77*28'12" W
The sky over my head....
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brianb11213
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Reged: 02/25/09
Posts: 3285
Loc: 55.215N 6.554W
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Quote:
Frankly, I've never heard of waxing a telescope.
But I don't think I've ever seen a scope with hairy legs....
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Matthew Ota
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 1237
Loc: Los Angeles, California
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I waxed the fork, base and the tube.
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Matthew Ota
Meade LX250GPS 10 inch SCT (Frankenscope)
Orion ED 80
Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha
TheSky 6 Pro
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Joseph Gillman
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/06/05
Posts: 2975
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Didn't hurt the decals? If that's a real David levy autograph I guess I would want to protect that too!
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Matthew Ota
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Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 1237
Loc: Los Angeles, California
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It did not hurt the decals nor the David Levy autograph (which is genuine). I used to stargaze with him and many others at the Starry Nights Festival in Yucca Valley CA every year.
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Matthew Ota
Meade LX250GPS 10 inch SCT (Frankenscope)
Orion ED 80
Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha
TheSky 6 Pro
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Joseph Gillman
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Reged: 12/06/05
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Guess it was a very permanent marker!
That's neat you got to meet him a number of times and got an autograph on top of that.
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quantumac
sage
Reged: 12/17/07
Posts: 490
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I don't know if I'd let David Levy write his name on my telescope... He might think it was his!
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Scope: Meade 10" LX200R
Guide/Planetary Camera: Imaging Source DBK41AF02.AS
DSO Camera: QHY8
Guide Hardware: Celestron OAG, Shoestring Astronomy GPUSB
Software: Mac OS X, Starry Night Pro, Nebulosity, PHD Guiding, PixInsight, Astro IIDC. No Windows anything.
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Matthew Ota
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 1237
Loc: Los Angeles, California
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Ah, but his telescopes are much better than mine!
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Matthew Ota
Meade LX250GPS 10 inch SCT (Frankenscope)
Orion ED 80
Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha
TheSky 6 Pro
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Rick Woods
Postmaster
Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 6267
Loc: Inner Solar System
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That's it! I'm waxing mine this weekend!
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- Rick
14" LX200GPS
Dyslexics Untie!
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Rick Woods
Postmaster
Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 6267
Loc: Inner Solar System
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I waxed it yesterday, and wow!
I tell you, those big Meade SCTs are a beautiful sight all waxed up like that.
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- Rick
14" LX200GPS
Dyslexics Untie!
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