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Is it possible to have a lens recoated??

Started Jun 27, 2005 | Discussions thread
MitchAlsup Veteran Member • Posts: 5,518
Re: I Agree but.....

dwcdv wrote:

Hi Mitch,

I just came across your post where you say, only the Military can afford the recoating. I am looking for this company. I know, they are in Canada. Do you know their name?

The name I was referring is Zeiss (special products division),

You can even get Diamond-like coatings as the top layer so you can drop the lens in mud, and wipe it off with a dirty T-shirt and not harm the coating. When done in large batches, the cost is only prohibitive, when one one at a time.....not so.

NASCAR engines have the <titanium> valve stem coated with diamond-like coatings, and the <titanium> valve face coated with amorphous diamond. The coatings triple the cost of the valve compared to a top end valve--like Manley. These are done in batches of several thousand. With a vacuum chamber big enough for several hundred valves being coated at a time.

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