Jul 17, 2021 · Recommended paint for flocking? - posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: What’s the state of the art in 2021? I’m finding many threads with recommendations from past years, but I don’t know how up to date they are. I have the flocking material from Scopestuff for the tube, so the paint is for smaller jobs, like the edges of of the secondary, shiny bolts, etc.

May 8, 2023 · Musou black/Black 3.0 Spray Paint vs Flocking - posted in Reflectors: Any one have any experience with using Musou black or black 3.0 paint to paint the inside of a Newtonian in lieu of using flocking paper. These paints are the darks blacks in the world and absorb 99 % of light. Just curious.

Mar 19, 2022 · Flocking paint - posted in Equipment (No astrophotography): I am going to flock my 16 lightbridge. I have a shroud and have Protoatar flockboard and material on the way for the tube secondary cage respectively. However, I need to paint the the trusses, edges of the tube, edges of the secondary cage and secondary. I am looking for a recommended paint. Black 2.0 or 3.0 cost too much as I ...

Jun 24, 2024 · Forget the flocking paper. Get loose flocking and a tube applicator (it manually blows out the flocking). Use Rustoleum flat black paint applied with a small foam roller (you’ll have to bend the roller arm out straight). The Rustoleum (do NOT use spray cans) is oil based and will dry slowly enough for you to apply plenty of flocking from both ...

Mar 19, 2010 · Page 1 of 2 - Flocking vs. Non Reflective Black Paint - posted in Electronically Assisted Astronomy (No Post-Processing): There are two points of view about this. Peters posts on this have caused me to ask the question. I know nothing about either but thought a discussion could be very helpful.I think Peter has advocated the flat black non reflective paint solution. Doug, who made my IIE, told ...

Sep 26, 2010 · Mine's flocked, and it helps more than it hurts. I was told that doing this would be akin to looking at a cat a night with a bright light behind it - the diffraction caused by all the little pieces of material from the flocking would diffract light and make this worse, because the flocking would be in a direct line from object to the primary ...

Apr 5, 2017 · Page 1 of 2 - New flocking material/Paint - posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: I ran across this when looking for a supplier for Vantablack. This paint is supposed to be very close! Im thinking about ordering a bottle and giving it a try. https://culturehustl...st-art-material Im building a Carbon Fiber telescope....this would paint the inside of …

Jul 11, 2020 · Page 1 of 6 - An effective black paint for telescopes - posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: Recently I found a black acrylic paint with excellent properties. It has a matt finish with very low reflectivity at low incidence angles in red and near-IR light and it is fairly robust, does not mark if touched or scraped and is waterproof. And relatively non-toxic. Maybe not as good as Black 3.0 but ...

Nov 20, 2014 · Proper way to flock a Dobsonian ? - posted in Beginners Forum (No Astrophotography): I am getting ready to flock the interior of my Orion XT10g and seem to have four choices: 1 - Use Krylon ultra flat black paint (emissivity = 0.97 roughly) 2 - Use a paint similar to 3M Optical Black (emissivity = 0.996) The great thing about paint is that I can leave in all the bolts and nut and coat them too ...

Jul 3, 2010 · Page 1 of 2 - Flocking- Felt vs. textured paint@ ultra flat blak - posted in Reflectors: Hi All, Im back with a flocking ? I was told that you can use textured paint then ultra flat black paint. The person told me it works well for him. I want to do the whole tube and I dont like the thought of trying to place peel and stick felt over the whole thing. Im going to …