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DaveGibbons

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Hi All, If you are looking to flock your scope then get yourself down to a Wilkinsons home store as they stock a self adhesive black velour material in easy to handle rolls of 1m length by 45 cm width,at least my Southport shop does!

It's absolutely superb and having just done a 10" skywatcher dob tube it is in my opinion as good as or even better than the far more expensive Prostar stuff I have used on a number of scopes in the past. It cost £5 a roll and took 3 rolls to do the 10" dob total cost £15. It's manufactured in Germany by D-C-FIX and is extremely black and has better adhesive qualities than Prostar. A month on and I can see no evidence of any fibre shedding on the mirrors and it is definitely a great buy.

I've actually bought a few more rolls for future use as you never know how long they will stock it. Check out your local store .

Just added a picture of the inside of the tube. I used a full flash just to show how well it cuts down on light reflection, just try that on an unflocked one !

You can see from the bare section on the focusser tube that allows the bearing to run freely the general difference in reflection qualities.

cheers

Dave

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todd8137

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you can paint the back of the secondary and the edge of the prime flocked my scope 12" reflector,i painted all the nutts ond bolt on the in side a good tip,for painting the back of the scondary is to buy the cheapest black gloss paint,the cheaper it it the more hardener and acrylic in it get a old tea mug,andfill it up half way with the paint and put 4 tea spoons of talcum powder in it and mix for at least 5 minutes,did you flock the focuser ? a dew shield is also a good idea even if theres no dew becuase that will keep the stray light out

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Has anyone any idea what this stuff is called on the shelfs at wilkos ?.Want to give the local store a bell to see if they got any in.Just would prefer to know its wilko store name rather than trying to explain to someone on phone what im after.

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Has anyone any idea what this stuff is called on the shelfs at wilkos ?.Want to give the local store a bell to see if they got any in.Just would prefer to know its wilko store name rather than trying to explain to someone on phone what im after.

There's a pic further up the thread - deco velour from d-c-Fix.

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... is extremely black and has better adhesive qualities than Prostar. A month on and I can see no evidence of any fibre shedding on the mirrors and it is definitely a great buy.

Excellent :icon_confused:

Precisely what we have been looking for! I have contacted the manufacturers.

Thank-you for mentioning it Dave,

Steve

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Excellent :icon_confused:

Precisely what we have been looking for! I have contacted the manufacturers.

Thank-you for mentioning it Dave,

Steve

It'll be good if you can get it in - means we will have a source of it :rolleyes: Being "out in the sticks" the shops are a fair distance away and I do most shopping on line.
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