are dealers reluctant to aluminize a secondary???

I've sent emails to six different companies asking for a price to aluminize a new secondary made with plate glass. All located in the US.

I've given several days to respond, in two cases several weeks.

NOBODY has written back to me.

Seems odd. Maybe it's such a small item that it's not worth their trouble.

Clears,
Joe

Hi Joseph, I did the same thing when I needed to recoat my SCT secondary earlier this year. No one responded so
I finally called up L&L optical and they said they could do it in 7-10 days. During the phone conversation
the fellow on the phone acknowledged that he had read my email -- which was slightly annoying. But price,
turn-around time and form of payment was all handled on the phone. About 2 weeks later I had my newly coated
secondary. Calling is often a better strategy than emailing when dealing with astro vendors/suppliers in my experience.

Thanks to Kwang Lee and Floyd Blue for the recommendation: L&L.

I finally got an answer from one of the vendors -- a guy in Pleasanton, CA who sells an aluminizing service via eBay.

I'll look up L&L also and check it out.

Clears,
Joe