From: Bill Marriott 
To: Arthur 
CC: thewards{at}mindspring.com, ATM{at}Shore.net
Reply-To: Bill Marriott 


HEllo;

Universal Photonics in NY carry both red and black optical grade rouge.
However you should still decant it, or ball mill it, or something to get
rid of the larger bolders that may be lurking.

800-645-7173, but they may have a $$ min. purchase price, but they carry
lots of cool stuff

Bill Marriott

Arthur wrote:
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> I been following your posts about micro facetting and like the methods you
> described. I think I will use them when get to that point with my mirror. I
> m curious, where can I purchase red or even black rouge?
>
> Arthur
>
> Yesterday I finished a 12" that had been polished with CEO well past the
>
> "good polish" stage. As I neared completion of figuring
(within a 1/10wave
>
> of my goal) I switched to black rouge, the same as red but finer. It took
>
> several sessions to get all three figures in the place I wanted them so I
>
> could use a full sized lap to bring them all in at once....and during this
>
> time the luster on the surface increased at least 50% with the black rouge,
>
> probably 30 minutes of actual contact. It is terribly messy, but worth the
>
> trouble in the finer stages of figuring.
>
> Frank Ward
>
> Atlanta, GA (rain again today) Mars must be causing it.
>
> I was wondering the same thing, as well as all the violence that has become
> this year. Isn't Mars the the god of war?
>
> .

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