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Skipper Billy

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My observatory is having its annual strip out, clean and paint.

I have painted all the inside surfaces with Dulux Easycare Washable and Tough emulsion in Matt Black

Its great !

Fantastic covering power - dry in 30 mins - clean up in water.

It really is tough - I have scrubbed it with a Scotchbrite pad and it stays put. 

Sticks really well.

£20 for 2.5 litres so not madly expensive.

Just need to figure out how to get it off my glasses !!!!

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Thanks for the information, very helpful and timely. One of my spring tidy up jobs is to repaint the inside of my observatory. I last did it about 5 years ago and used a matt black exterior paint, which was good but took an age to dry. I'll give this stuff a go for the repaint.

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17 hours ago, Skipper Billy said:

Just need to figure out how to get it off my glasses !!!!

It really is tough - I have scrubbed it with a Scotchbrite pad and it stays put. 

I think you answered your own question Billy, you need new glasses!

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5 hours ago, Alan White said:

I think you answered your own question Billy, you need new glasses!

What I would REALLY like is new eyes !!! Reading glasses were a major disappointment but now another pair for long distance and bifocals for driving !!:happy6:

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Wait for a couple of years and you'll need three pairs of reading glasses.

One pair for the computer, one pair for normal reading and another pair for reading sub-micro-text contents labels on everyday products.

If, like me, you have fine manual hobbies then a fourth pair may be considered essential.

I put the sticky correction power labels on the earpieces but need a fifth pair for reading those. :rolleyes2:

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I have a pair of bifocals for "normal" use and a pair of varifocals that are specifically designed for work (so they're ok for reading and using a monitor, but distance vision is rubbish).  I also have a pair for visual telescope use that just correct the slight astigmatism that I have (so slight that I didn't even know I had it for almost fifty years).

I usually use pair #1 for reading or watching television, but need pair #2 for using a laptop and can see more than well enough to drive without any of them.

My optician informs me that by my mid-fifties my eyesight is likely to settle down again which is quite nice as deteriorating eyesight has perhaps been the most obvious, unpleasant and irritating reminder of advancing age.

I don't have enough of an obsy to paint yet, but most of the inside of the beer shack is painted with an exterior paint that contains an anti-mould additive.  That has been brilliant.  The difference between the small areas painted with "normal" paint (where I ran out of the anti-mould stuff) is quite surprising.  I gather the like of Screwfix sell the anti-mould stuff as an additive now, so I may well use that when I have advanced the obsy to the point where it requires painting.

James

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For anyone considering painting the outside of their observatory (fibreglass dome) I can recommend MSP (multi surface paint) available from Promain. I have used this and it is very easy to apply, looks great, and is long lasting. Available in a variety of colours.

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