This is a slow careful process and we usually keep the mirrors from two to three weeks.
We only refurbish mirrors so please do not send the whole instrument, many thanks.
Standard camera prism re-coats are £35 plus p&p
Those with secondary prisms fitted are £50 plus p&p
Large camera prisms (such as Mamia) £45 plus p&p
Multiple facet prisms can cost up to £60 to clean, recoat and
re-paint
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING PRISMS
Prisms from cameras made up to about 1970, are no problem. After that date
it seems plastic based protective paints became more widely used to protect
the coatings.
These we find almost impossible to remove. We can only wait for the
acid paste we apply to creep through the damaged part of the coating.
We have customer's prisms showing very little change after more than a year.
We cannot therefore advise you how long it will take to remove
the protective 'paint'
Turn around time seems to average at least a year.
Also please be advised that we vacuum coat items with pure aluminium.
Again if you require a silver coating, this is a different process
and not possible for us. (Silver reflects about 5% more light )