When a customer doesn't want to invest in a "new" prism to replace one with
damage to the silvering, we clean it off as well as we can, then use a small
cloth buffing wheel on a Dremel tool and jeweler's rouge to polish off the
damaged portion of the prism as well as we can to bare glass. Once the top
cover is back on, the bare glass portion of the prism usually appears no
different than the silvered portion -- the only sign of damage is along the
edge of the silvering, which appears like a jagged tear. It's not "good as
new", but it's only marginally distracting and doesn't affect function at all.
Charles Sdunek wrote:
> Can you go into a little more detail here? Are you saying that if you buff
> the area where the silvering is damaged down to bare glass that it will be
> better than just cleaning it off so that it is not damaged further?
>
> Charles
>
> At 09:50 PM 5/14/03, you wrote:
> >Interestingly, if you thoroughly clean the prism and buff off the
> >residue leaving only bare glass, the damage to the coating virtually
> >disappears except along the edge of the "injury".
>
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