To: "Bawden,Michael" 
Cc: atm{at}shore.net, owner-atm{at}shore.net
From: Hugues.Laroche{at}ses-astra.com
Reply-To: Hugues.Laroche{at}ses-astra.com



Hi Michael,

>>>
    I  am about to finish polishing and after inquiring about aluminium
coating
here in  Brisbane ($380 for 10"!!) I am looking at doing a silver coat instead.
My  question is, Can the protective coatings they use on aluminium be put
over the  silver as I assume it is not an electrically driven process in a
vacuum  chamber?
<<<

In France a company proposes also protected silver. Done in vacuum as for
standard Al, as far as I know. I recently *heard* however that the
longevity is quite shorter than std aluminium.
And, in any case all their coatings are horribly expensive! On the other hand,
even here in Europe $380 to coat a 10" seems much!

Fr‚d‚ric, do you wish to comment further?

Hugues Laroche
Luxembourg, Europe




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