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Making Mirrors with First Contact
First Contact™ cleans surfaces better than other processes available to mirror coaters. Currently accepted procedures to clean large mirrors are extremely manual, dependent on the skill level of the cleaning team, and subject to recontamination of the mirror. First Contact™ … Continue reading
Protecting Large Mirrors
Big first surface mirrors are, despite their large size, delicate optics. Blowing grit, animal droppings, humidity, moisture, accidental contact are all real threats to these precise and delicate instruments. First Contact is an excellent protective material as well as unmatched … Continue reading
NEAF 2008
First Contact™ can be used virtually anywhere to clean astronomical mirrors! Phil Jackson was corralled by Howie Glatter at the Northeast Astronomy Forum in Suffern NY and asked to clean an 18″ mirror. The clips below show Phil applying First … Continue reading
Hope Diamond
Substance developed by UWP professor used to clean world-famous Hope Diamond. Not everyone can say they’ve held $250 million in their hands. University of Wisconsin-Platteville professor Jim Hamilton did for more than 15 minutes. This past November, the professor in … Continue reading