Mirror re coating

Well, I sent off the 12.5" mirror for an new coat. I talked to Richard at L&L and he told me he would get it done in 3-4 days! Wow! 8O Now that is service. I went with the standard Protected Aluminum, 89% reflectivity. Interestingly, the only place where it goes below 90% is below 480nm and above 580nm, which is out of the most used part of the spectrum for us humans. I boxed it with 3" of Styrofoam top and bottom and it has 2-3" on the sides as well, solid sheet foam with a cut out in the middle sheet for the mirror. Should be able to take a good drop and survive. The guy at the packing place took a look and said "That is a lot better than we would have packed it" Man, that is not good!
Well, anyway, here is hoping that is comes back in one piece.
Floyd

Hey Floyd,
Have them coat both sides in case they don't repack well and scratch one side or the other. :S

John W.

I got the same out of the packing place where I shipped my C-8 mirror. Packed well in one box, then packed inside another. They also commented that it was a lot better than they would have been able to do.

Brian

Floyd,
Where did you find the styrofoam??
Thanks
Rick H

Floyd,
Good luck on the recoat.Hopefully there will be no sleeks on the new coating.Let us know when you receive it from the coater.
I think the standard coating makes more sense than the enhanced option as there's less risk for an alteration of the figure.