pulsar dome damaged by thieves.

[Big Bang!]

On 21/05/2020 at 09:30, banjaxed said:

Only just seen this thread and am very sorry you have to repair the damage to your dome caused by low life. What I would like to do to them is not printable. 😖

They need to be made to fear the consequences, which they don't.

[discardedastro]

On 18/05/2020 at 15:52, Astro-Geek said:

 

I tried an online quote from the specialist insurers Glover and Howe, but they wanted over £200 pa, which seems excessive, since my main house's £75,000 contents cover is £75. (I live in a very low risk postcode area, but apparently that isn't taken into account by G & H).

Bit late to this thread but this surprised me. I have G&H insuring my whole rig left under a Telegizmos 365 cover - not for weather but for eveything else - in a pretty open garden in a quite low risk area. £9 a month, which I'd view as pretty reasonable...

[Nigella Bryant]

4 hours ago, discardedastro said:

Bit late to this thread but this surprised me. I have G&H insuring my whole rig left under a Telegizmos 365 cover - not for weather but for eveything else - in a pretty open garden in a quite low risk area. £9 a month, which I'd view as pretty reasonable...

Wow, that is good.

[DAVE AMENDALL]

Looks nice and shaded on the pic. Strange how different planning authorities have different ideas, especially when you consider most conservatories and extensions are white anyway.............Dave

[Guest]

So sorry to hear about this. It must be all our nightmare to think about our property  being invaded. My thoughts are with you. I am sure that repairs will be made. Wish you well.

[Nigella Bryant]

9 hours ago, Grumpy Martian said:

So sorry to hear about this. It must be all our nightmare to think about our property  being invaded. My thoughts are with you. I am sure that repairs will be made. Wish you well.

Thanks, appreciate it, least I'd taken all my equipment away to my new address. Just looking forward now to rebuild it at my new home. Least I've gone from bortal 8 to bortal 3 skies, lol.

 

[Annette904]

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Edited June 26, 2020 by Annette904

[Nigella Bryant]

4 hours ago, Annette904 said:

Poor thing, hopefully everything is fine with you

Yeah, fiberglass repairs gone well, thanks. Rock solid.

Edited June 18, 2020 by Nigella Bryant

[Rusted]

My doctor warned me off to stay of the bortal at my age. Though I think the damage was already done.  

BTW: Nice repair! I read somewhere that Dulux matt black emulsion is good for dome interiors.

I painted my bedroom with matt black emulsion when I was teenager. But that was before I went on the bortal. 

 

[tooth_dr]

13 hours ago, Nigella Bryant said:

Yeah, fiberglass repairs gone well, thanks. Rock solid.

Nice job!

I painted inside my dome with matt black emulsion (although I used homebase own brand as I was being a cheapskate!) - it looks great.

[Nigella Bryant]

50 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Nice job!

I painted inside my dome with matt black emulsion (although I used homebase own brand as I was being a cheapskate!) - it looks great.

Thanks, yeah, I'll need to repaint the inside and out.

[Physopto]

Sunderland astro painted the inside of their original dome with some sort of black paint. It all flaked off in nasty big patches. That was a fibreglass dome as well !!

If yours does do that clean off the paint and repaint with pond type paint.

https://www.cotswoldkoi.co.uk/product/g4-black-pond-sealer/

https://www.kingfisheruk.com/epoxy-pond-paint-item-63pp5#63ppb5

 Or similar.

Glad you seem to be sorted out though.

Derek

[Mushty]

I hope you do not run into any problems with the dome drive system over those repaired areas Nigella, our Pulsar drive system can be a bit fussy at times, and that is just on a stock 2.7M dome, the drive just slips at random.

 

[sloz1664]

That looks a great repair and I'll bet you are relieved it's go so well considering the anguish you have been through.

Steve

[Skipper Billy]

Top job - well done.

If you are going to paint over the repair then clean it well with acetone or petrol first. The resin forms a waxy coating as it cures which paint doesn't stick to very well.